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Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome in Oriental style with lappets, sprays of flowers, two vases of flowers, rocks, two birds, and an insect
Buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handle. The base is unglazed and the rest of the surface is covered with pale turquoise tin-glaze, painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and orange. The jug has a bulbous lower part, and a broad cylindrical neck. The handle has three loops of graduated size, and is rounded on the outside and concave inside. The top is pierced by a hole, probably for the attachment of a cover. The exterior is decorated in Oriental style with a row of lappets round the neck, and below, scattered sprays of flowers, two tall vases of flowers, rocks, two flying birds, and an insect. The handle is decorated with wavy v-shaped stripes in blue and orange.
History note: Cecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke (1864-1934); sold Puttick & Simpson, 20-23 November 1934,Catalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Revelstoke, day , p. 54, lot 662
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 24.5 cm
Height: 9 5/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-11-20) by Puttick & Simpson
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Production date:
dated
AD 1692
Probably made at Brislington or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and orange)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
( pale turquoise)
Body And Neck
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.41-1934
Primary reference Number: 74962
Glaisher additions number: Gl.Add.58-1934
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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