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Potter: uncertain
Buff earthenware with slip-trailed decoration in red slip dotted with white under lead glaze. Slip-trailed inscription 'WILLIAM SIMPSON HIS CVP 1685'
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
Production date:
AD 1685
It is possible that the owner was also the maker
Interior And Exterio
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
composed of
slip
Body
Accession number: C.225-1928
Primary reference Number: 73290
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73290 Accessed: 2024-11-22 01:44:40
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University of Cambridge}}
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