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Production: Simpson, John, potter (Possibly)
Concave earthenware plate, press-moulded, coated in cream slip and slip-trailed in two shades of brown under lead glaze. Decorated with a medallion enclosing alLion passant, rosettes and the initials IS (back to front) in high relief, surrounded by crude kite-shaped faces and an outer border of dark brown spots
Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design in high relief on the interior, and scalloped round the edge with a striated tool, coated inside with cream slip, and slip-trailed in brown and dark brown under yellowish lead-glaze; the exterior is undecorated. Two suspension holes were made through the border at the top before firing. In the middle is a circular frame enclosing a lion passant, two rosettes, a figure-of eight motif, and the initials IS (S reversed) under the lion. This is surrounded by a circle of twenty-four crude kite-shaped faces with trailed dots representing the eyes and mouth, above which are twenty-four brown spots and a border of closely spaced dark brown spots.
History note: Provenance unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 28 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early
1680
-
1720
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream, brown, dark brown)
Interior Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Inside Decoration
Inside Surface
`buff Earthenware
Press-moulding : Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design in high relief on the interior, and scalloped round the edge with a striated tool, coated inside with cream slip, and slip-trailed in brown and dark brown under yellowish lead-glaze; the exterior is undecorated
Inscription present: in relief, integrally moulded with dish
Inscription present: circular white paper label printed with a black circle with the wording inside it and the hand-written number in the middle
Accession number: C.188-1928
Primary reference Number: 72803
Old object number: R 92
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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