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Jardinière (plant stand): C.46-1972

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: C.J.C. Bailey
Designer: Seddon, John Pollard

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Description

Salt-glazed stoneware jardinière, coloured in brown, grey and blue glazes, with a foliate design.

Jardinière. Salt-glazed stoneware, modelled in high relief, and coloured in brown, grey and blue glazes. The sides are decorated with formalised foliate design and four scrolls just below the rim.

Notes

History note: Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read Collection; both died 1971; purchased from Thomas Stainton, executor of the Handley-Read Estate

Legal notes

Purchased with the Perceval Fund and Grant-in-Aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 21.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1972) by Handley-Read Estate

Dating

19th Century
Victorian
Production date: AD 1877 : Dated; see inscription.

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 25.5 cm

Materials used in production

Salt-glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing : Salt-glazed stoneware, modelled in high relief, and coloured in brown, grey and blue glazes.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: FULHAM
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: C.J.C.B.
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Monogram

Inscription present: impressed circular seal with date 1877

  • Text: 1877/J.P.S./INVENT
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Seal

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.46-1972
Primary reference Number: 75184

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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