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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
White stoneware, pierced, painted in dark brown and yellowish-brown, and salt-glazed. The pear-shaped vessel has a slightly projecting rim at the top. The sides are pierced by six horizontal rows of small holes, separated by horizontal bands of dark brown with pale yellow between them.. The convex base is entirely covered by four concentric circles of small holes. Round the top below the rim are the incised script initials and date ' R J H 1745'.
History note: Mr Rathbone, Alfred Place West, Kensington, from whom purchased for £10 on 23 November 1914 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter (max): 7.4 cm
Height: 8.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1745
The function of this unusual object is uncertain. It was identified as strainer in Rackham's 1935 'Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection', but it might also have been a sprinkler or a fumigation device.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( dark brown)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Sides
off-white Stoneware
Throwing (pottery technique)
: Off-white stoneware, pierced, painted in dark brown and pale yellow, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: script letters
Accession number: C.504-1928
Primary reference Number: 75329
Old object number: 3705
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Strainer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75329 Accessed: 2024-12-18 08:29:46
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