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Pepper castor: C.561-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White stoneware, moulded with decoration in relief, pierced, and salt-glazed

White stoneware, moulded, the cover pierced, and salt-glazed. The caster has a bulbous body with a long neck and a spreading foot. The domed cover is perforated with a large group of holes forming a lozenge-shape in the centre, and four groups of six holes forming triangles round the edges. The sides are decorated with panels of two different trellis patterns one above the other, and with a band of wickerwork round the top. There are bands of shallow gadrooning round the foot and edge of the cover. There is a circular hole in the bottom for filling.

Notes

History note: Mr Jolley, Cambridge, from whom purchased for £6.10s. on 6 October 1917, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 5.9 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
Circa 1755 CE - 1770 CE

Note

The form echoes the elongated pear-shaped forms of pewter and silver casters

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Foot Width 5.5 cm
Cover

Materials used in production

White stoneware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White stoneware, moulded, the cover pierced, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with two black lines round the left top and right edges

  • Text: No 3741/White saltglaze/pepper caster/(diaper patterns)/b. ion Cambridge/Oct 6 1917
  • Location: On underside of base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.561-1928
Primary reference Number: 75526
Old object number: 3741

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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