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Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a gentleman and flowering sprays on each side.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue. Of elongated octagonal form with a flat top and a short cylindrical neck to take a cover, now missing. The top is decorated with two winged putto's heads and serrated edged leaves reserved in a blue ground.The two long sides are decorated respectively with a European gentleman standing holding his hat, and a lady holding up her skirt. The two ends are decorated with a flowering spray, and the other four sides with serrated edged leaves reserved in a blue ground. T
History note: Mrs Muriel Elizabeth Webb, Saffron Walden, Essex by whom bequeathed to The Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Mrs Muriel Elizabeth Webb
Height: 11.0 cm
Length: 9.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996-06-10) by Webb, M. E., Mrs
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
Circa
1770
CE
Probably made in Bristol
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
( bluish-white)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( cobalt-blue)
Base
composed of
tin-glaze
( traces of)
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.21-1996
Primary reference Number: 73139
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tea caddy" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73139 Accessed: 2024-12-22 14:03:09
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