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Cornucopia wall pocket: C.534-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Cornucopia wall pocket

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware in the form of a cornucopia with a winged cherub's head on the front

Off-white stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed. The wall pocket is in the shape of a cornucopia with a flat back, pierced by two suspension holes. The lower part of the front is gadrooned, The upper part is fluted to resemble a frill with a shaped edge. Between these areas there is cherub's head integrally moulded in relief, flanked by wings in lower relief. The cherub's eyes are painted in dark brown slip.

Notes

History note: Hodgkin Collection, sold privately to Harding, King Street, St. James, from whom purchased for £9 on 16 January 1914 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 18.7 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 - 1760

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( dark brown two spots)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Front

Materials used in production

off-white or putty-coloured Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.534-1928
Primary reference Number: 75449
Old object number: 3703

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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