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Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Grey salt-glazed stoneware decorated with incised flowers and foliage reserved in a cobalt-blue ground
Grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle, and incised decoraton reserved in a cobalt-blue ground painted before salt-glazing; pewter cover. The cylindrical tankard has a loop handle to the top of which is attached a hinged pewter thumbpiece in the shape of a shell, and low domed cover. The top and bottom of the sides have a narrow border with a simple design of continuous dotted points and curves with spots of blue at intervals. The main field is incised with a large slanting stem with two large lanceolate leaves with scalloped edges, a tulip and a bud, on either side of which is a vertical coiling stem with four circular flower with scalloped edges. The plants are reserved in a dark cobalt-blue ground stopping short of the area on either side and under the handle which is undecorated. undecorated.
History note: An old lady in Wiesbaden; Ludwig Heinemann, Taunnsstrasse 40, Wiesbaden, from whom purchased on 10 October 1908 for 12 marks, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.9 cm
Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
1680
-
1720
Body And Handle
composed of
stoneware
( grey)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
( underglaze)
Cover And Thumbpiece
composed of
pewter
Base
Diameter 8.8 cm
Body
Surface
Inscription present: very roughly scratched; the X has a curved tail
Accession number: C.2053-1928
Primary reference Number: 73057
Old object number: 2863
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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