Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Simpson, John, potter
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Deep press-moulded dish decorated with two shades of brown slip and lead-glazed. A horseman holding a sword riding to the viewer's right, with the initials GR and the date 1716 above, initials IS below, and three medallions in the spaces
Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design with rouletted edges in relief on the inside, scalloped round the edge with a tool or shell, coated internally with cream slip, and slip-trailed in brown and dark brown under yellowish lead-glaze. Circular with deep curved sides and a pie-crust edge. A horseman holding a sword gallops to the viewer's right. Above is the date 1716 in relief, and the initials G R for Georgius Rex. Below are the initials I S (S reversed). Three large medallions occupy the spaces between the initials and the right and left of the horse. At the top, above the horse's neck there is a motif resembling a pot with a conical lid. A dark brown line encircles the edge below the scalloping.
Notes
History note: Sotheby's 22 May 1925, lot 44; purchased for £23 by Hunt on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 35.6 cm
Height: 6.6 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Early
George I
Production date:
dated
AD 1716
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream, brown, dark brown)
Inside Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Inside Decoration
Materials used in production
buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce a design with rouletted edges in relief on the inside, scalloped round the edge with a tool or shell, coated internally with cream slip, and slip-trailed in brown and dark brown under yellowish lead-glaze; exterior undecorated
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with cut corners and a Prussian blue line round the edges
- Text: 4536/Moulded slipware/bowl-shaped/dish with notched/edge, and having/representation of a/horseman with/G.R and date/1716./b. at Sotheby's/May 22, 1925
- Location: On middle of base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.195-1928
Primary reference Number: 72903
Old object number: 4536
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 9 July 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
