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Pottery: Unknown
Red earthenware with decoration in white slip under yellowish lead-glaze. Inscribed on the front 'Best Boe Tea', and on the back ‘THOS. KIDMAN/1774’
History note: Mr C.H. Waters (Watern?) of Napton, near Rugby, from whom purchased for £10.10s. on 4 August 1918.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 27/7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
dated
AD 1774
Boe is short for Bohea (pronounced bu-ee or wu-ee), a black Chinese tea which was very popular in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
Visible Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Visible Surfaces
red Earthenware
Accession number: C.404-1928
Primary reference Number: 74939
Old object number: 4367
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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