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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware
White salt-glazed stoneware, thrown on the wheel, the rim cut, the sides lathe cut, and the handle hand formed. Circular with sloping sides and slightly everted lip with a cusped edge. Over the top is an arched handle formed of two intertwined threads of clay. The sides are lathe cut with two horizontal depressions with a single line above, to resemble a wooden vessel.
History note: Sheldon Collection, Manchester; purchased privately from Mr Sheldon in December, 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 8.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1760
CE
The bucket is accompanied by a ladle, C.483-1928
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Rim
Diameter 7.2 cm
Handle
Sides
white Stoneware
Throwing
: White stoneware, thrown on the wheel, the rim cut, the sides lathe cut, the handle hand formed and applied, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with two cut corners and blue line round top and sides, stuck on
Accession number: C.482-1928
Primary reference Number: 75254
Old object number: 4760
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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