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Teapot: C.519 & A-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware teapot standing on three feet with applied moulded relief decoration

Off-white stoneware, with thrown body, applied moulded spout, crabstock handle, three lion's mask and paw feet, and on the domed cover, a bird-shaped knob (replacement). The body is decorated on each side with a central rosette flanked by arrangements of scrolls with two oblong arrangements of scrolls below. Round the neck is a border of anthemion moifs and scrolls. On the cover there is a bunch of grapes, a floral spray, and a pair of C-scrolls.

Notes

History note: Mr Jolley, Cambridge, from whom bought in 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 11 cm
Length: 16 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1740 CE - 1750 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Pot Height 9 cm
Body
Decoration
Spout, Handle, Feet

Materials used in production

Stoneware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.519 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75370
Old object number: 1374
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 10 November 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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