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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White stoneware, slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed
White stoneware, slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed. Circular with deep sides, standing on a footring; loop handle is reeded and has a pinched lower terminal. The exterior is decorated with eight panels containing: a shield charged with three animals and figures below; a fox stealing a goose, with a head in a wreath above; the fable of the Fox and the Crane, and Cupid on a lion; Danae amongst clouds above a unicorn; a huntsman with a hound; a shield above a stag with a bird below (very indistinct); a tea party scene with a large tea pot (very indistinct); and an imperial eagle, Below the rim there is a narrow border of fluting.
History note: Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1926, part of lot 36; bought with a teapot and four saucers for £3 by Hunt on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
-
1750
This was probably used for coffee or chocolate. The relief decoration is not well defined as on other examples of this form, which suggests that the mould had been used a good deal. The panels are in a different order from those on C.584-1928
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Rim
Diameter 6 cm
Slip-casting : White stoneware,slip-cast with decoration in relief, and salt-glazed
Accession number: C.584-1928
Primary reference Number: 75584
Old object number: 4982
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Coffee cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75584 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:40:14
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