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Production: Unidentified Delft factory (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with scrolls and dots
Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in dark blue. The pot is cylindrical with two loop handles and a narrow shoulder and short neck. The circular cover is very slightly convex with straight sides, and a circular button-shaped knob. It has a circular flange on the underside which fits inside the neck of the pot. On each side of the pot there is a rectangular outline filled by four double scrolls with dots in the background. The handles have horizontal stripes down their backs. The cover is divided by double lines into two halves decorated en suite with the sides of the pot, the knob is blue overall, and there is a wide blue band round the sides.
History note: Bought in Cambridge in 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.2 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Base
Diameter 13.3 cm
Cover
Diameter 13.5 cm
Height 4.2 cm
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handles and knob, tin-glazed overall and painted in dark blue; inside the pot there are three spur marks
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2562 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73721
Old object number: 93
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Butter pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73721 Accessed: 2024-11-05 07:51:50
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