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Pottery: Unidentified Frechen pottery
Greyish-buff stoneware, thrown, coated with a wash of iron-brown, and salt-glazed. The bottle has an elongated bulbous body, with a narrow neck with cordons round its top, and a small strap handle. The glaze and wash have dribbled down the lower part. The colouration is uneven, there being a wide band of pale brown on one side and darker more closely mottled brown on the other.
History note: Bought at Saffron Walden in 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 15.2 cm
Height: 24.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Probably from Frechen, but Rackham in 1935, wondered if it might be one of the stoneware jugs made in German style by John Dwight of Fulham in the late 17th century
Surface
composed of
wash
( iron-brown)
salt-glaze
Base
Diameter 8.6 cm
Throwing (pottery technique) : Greyish-buff stoneware coated with a wash of iron-brown, and salt-glazed
Accession number: C.2017-1928
Primary reference Number: 73001
Old object number: 665
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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