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Probably
Pickleherring Pottery
(Pottery)
Wilhelm, Christian
(Proprietor of pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware bottle painted in blue with 'birds-on-rocks' pattern in late Ming style, and dated 1628 below the lower terminal of the handle
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The bulbous body stands on a low foot which is concave in the centre underneath. It has a narow cylindrical neck with a rounded rim, and a loop handle which is concave on the inside and convex on the outside. The sides are decorated wth birds standing on rocks with flowers, a flying insect and a butterfly. Below there is a row of slanting Ss between horizontal bands and above on the shoulder, slanting stripes and dots between horizontal bands, and on the neck slanting Ss between horizontal bands. On either side of the handle there is a broad blue vertical stripe, and below it the date '1628'. The exterior of the handle is blue.
History note: Bryan T. Harland, Croydon; Mrs Bryan T. Harland; sold Sotheby's, 11 February, 1931, Catalogue of the Harland Collection, first day, p. 16, lot 81
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 19.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1931)
by
Sotheby's
Second quarter of 17th century
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1628
: dated
Probably made at Christian Wilhelm's pottery at Pickleherring, Southwark
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) Body
Accession number: C.5-1931
Primary reference Number: 75382
Old object number: 22
Glaisher number: 1293
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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