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Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Staffordshire Potter
Entities
Categories
Description
Deep earthenware dish, press-moulded, slip-coated in dark cream, and slip-trailed in pale and dark brown under lead glaze. A central medallion encloses a pair of gloves and geometical motifs, surrounded by a border of four lions alternating with four fleurs de lys.
Buff earthenware, press-moulded to produce a design in relief on the inside of the dish, coated with dark cream slip, and slip-trailed in pale brown and dark brown under lead-glaze. The reverse is undecorated and unglazed. The circular dish has deep curved sides, and a pie crust edge. It is decorated with a central medallion enclosing a pair of gloves and four semi-circles, surrounded by a wide border with four crowned lions passant (body sideways and head facing front) alternating with four fleurs de lys.
Notes
History note: Ford Collection; Sotheby's, 25 June 1906, lot 134; purchased for £17 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 36 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early
Circa
1680
-
1720
Components of the work
Front
composed of
slip
( dark cream, pale brown, dark brown)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Front Surface
Materials used in production
buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, slip coated on the interior and slip-trailed in pale brown and dark brown under lead-glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white stick-on label with a dark turquoise line on three edges and a leaf or fleur de lys motif in the top corners; about half of a standard Glaisher collection label
- Text: No 2451/Slipware dish/with lions and/fleur de lis./b. at Sotheby's/June 25, 1906
- Location: In middle of base
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.190-1928
Primary reference Number: 72831
Old object number: 2451
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 18 June 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
