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Wall pocket: C.540-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White stoneware, press-moulded and salt-glazed. The wall pocket is moulded in the form of a woman's face with a bow at the top. The top of her head is surrounded by acanthus leaves with three holes pierced through those in the middle. The lower part of the face is flanked by scrolls and below these is a bunch of acanthus foliage terminating in a point.

Notes

History note: Milner-Gibson-Cullum Collection, Hardwick Hall, Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk, sale in week ending 30 June 1924; sold to Mr Worlaton from whom purchased on July 1, 1924 for £2 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS., Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 31 cm
Width: 21 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
1755 - 1770

Note

Wall pockets for flowers of this design were probably made by several Staffordshire potters, such as Thomas Whieldon,at Fenton Vivian, or Thomas and John Wedgwood, at Burslem.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Front

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.540-1928
Primary reference Number: 75464
Old object number: 4392
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 January 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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