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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Hexagonal coffee pot and cover of press-moulded, lead-glazed agate ware, the cover with a Chinese lion knob, and attached to the body by a metal chain
Reddish-brown, blue, and white agate ware, press-moulded and lead-glazed.
History note: Cecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke (1864-1934); sold Puttick & Simpson, London, 20-23 November 1934, Catalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery. The property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Revelstoke, lot 137
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-11-20) by Puttick & Simpson
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1765
CE
Agate ware was made by 'wedging' together clays of different colours, which, when slabbed, or thrown and turned, produced a variegated or marbled effect reminiscent of hardstones. In the mid 18th century the dark red-brown agate wares made in the 1720s and 1730s gave way to combinations of white clay with light and dark brown or brown and blue-stained clays. The former can produce fascinating toffee-like markings, while the latter gives a more subtle effect approaching the reflectiveness of silver. The form of this pot is comparable to silver coffee pots of about 1720.
Both Parts
composed of
agate ware
Over Knob
Height 25 cm
Base
Width 17.8 cm
Fabric
Accession number: C.35 & A-1934
Primary reference Number: 74633
Glaisher addition number: Gl. Add. 52-1934
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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