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Production: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with flowers and stripes
Pale buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handles and knob, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The cylindrical pot has a narrow shoulder, short cylindrical neck, and two applied handles of D section. The circular lid is slightly domed and had a round button knob. Underneath it has a circular flange which fits inside the neck of the pot. On each side of the pot there is a rectangular panel filled with stylized plants between sloping lines (perhaps stems). The backs of the handles are decorated with horizontal stripes. The cover is decorated en suite with the pot, with the lines and stems radiating from two concentric circles round the knob, which has a central spot surrounded by two concentric circles.
History note: Probably Tregaskis, London, from whom bought in 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10 cm
Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1770
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Cover
Diameter 11.2 cm
Height 3.8 cm
Body
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2563 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73722
Old object number: 103
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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