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Posset pot: C.248-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Buff earthenware, slip-trailed in dark and pale red and white slips and lead-glazed. Cylindrical with two loop handles. Round the top, a slip-trailed inscription 'THE.BEST.IS.NOT.TOO.GOOD. FOR.YOV 1697'. Below on each side is a panel decorated with a stylized tulip flanked by foliage and initials, on one side 'IB' and on the other, 'WS'.

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
William III (1750-1702)
Production date: AD 1697 : dated

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( dark and pale red, and white)
Surface composed of lead-glaze
Body

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.248-1928
Primary reference Number: 73575
Old object number: 4729
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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