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Production: Brede Pottery (Probably)
Earthenware with interlacing star patterns and the words *MRS CUSFORD*FEBRUARY*19*1795* inlaid in cream slip under lead glaze
Red earthenware, thrown, and inlaid with white clay under yellowish lead-glaze. The cannister is cylindrical with slanting shoulders, and has a flat-topped lid. Round the middle is the name and date, 'MRS CUSFORD*FEBRUARY* 19*1795* inlaid in white slip. The decoration of stars is arranged in several rows of interlaced semicircles.
History note: Mr J Allen, Llangblodwed Vicarage, Oswestry, sent to Cambridge on approval on 26 October 26 1928, and purchased for £10 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.7 cm
Height: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
dated
AD 1795-02-19
Dr Glaisher attributed this cannister to Chailey Pottery.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
lead-glaze
Cannister
red Earthenware
Accession number: C.336 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74585
Old object number: 5102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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