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Teapot: C.2667 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Delft factory

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Description

Teapot with fluted body, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and red; knob in the shape of a Chinese lion

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, 22 April, 1926, lot 10; bought for £6 by Hunt for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

Oriental style

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple, and red)
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Hole composed of earthenware
Body

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2667 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73878
Old object number: 4864

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 23 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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