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Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Of triangular form with a convex front and flat back, pierced at the top by two suspension holes. The front is moulded in relief wtih two heads, a flowering branch, an iris or rush, and scrolls, all coloured in blue.
History note: Mrs Kingsland, Croydon, from whom purchased in1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue derived from cobalt)
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded, in relief on the front, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue; the back is pierced at the top by two suspension holes
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2880-1928
Primary reference Number: 74166
Old object number: 481
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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