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Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with two putti and a border of florals sprays and trellis
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Circular with a sloping rim, deep curved sides, and flat centre, standing on a footring. In the middle within an alternately cusped and indented circle, two naked putti are standing on a chequered floor with a shield-shaped window behind them. Both wear helmets. One is wingless and has a bow and quiver. The other has wings and other holds a staff with four circular heads one above the other at the top. The rim has a border of four elongated oval panels filled wth sprays of flowers and foliage reserved in trellis work. The back has a leaf in the centre and four wavy stems or grasses on the underside of the rim.
History note: Mr Withers, 42 Silver Street, Leicester, from whom bought for 15s.0d. on 13 June 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 36.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1740
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
The wavy stems or grasses on the reverse are associated with dishes made in Bristol
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2534-1928
Primary reference Number: 73676
Old object number: 360
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73676 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:32:36
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