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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with applied prunus sprays and detached leaves
Off-white stoneware (putty-coloured), thrown, turned, decorated with applied moulded sprigs, and salt-glazed. Cylindrical with a slghtly projecting base, convex shoulder and narrow cylindrical neck. The sides are decorated with applied moulded sprays of prunus blossom and foliage, and one spray with a bunch of grapes and tendrils. On the shoulder there are four detached vine leaves on twigs. The cover is missing.
History note: Mr Sheldon, St Paul's Road, Manchester, his collection no. 1101; purchased from him with other objects for £100 on 12 May 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
The salt-glaze on this tea cannister has the 'orange peel' appearance associated with salt-glazing but not always noticeable. It would have been supplied with a cap, which may have been of metal rather than stoneware. The decoration was inspired by Chinese blanc-de-chine porcelain with prunus decoration which was imitated by European porcelain factories, such as Bow in England.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Decoration
Throwing
: Off-white (putty-coloured) stoneware, thrown, turned, decorated with applied moulded prunus sprays and detached leaves, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Turning
Accession number: C.522-1928
Primary reference Number: 75413
Old object number: 4595
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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