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Teapot: C.608 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with vine branches in relief and painted in enamels

Notes

History note: Private collector from whom bought for £18 by Mr George Stoner; sold for £21 on 25 January 1911 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS. Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.3 cm
Length: 18.6 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 or George III
Circa 1760 - 1765

Note

The colouring of this pot is very unusual. The patchy effect of the dark purple shows how difficult it was to reproduce enamelled coloured grounds on salt-glazed ware

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( manganese-brown, dark purple, two shades of violet, and green enamel)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Body
Handles And Spout
Relief Decoration

Materials used in production

White stoneware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: half of a rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut upper corners and dark blue line round the left top and right sides; the o of No is raised

  • Text: No 3356 (3356)/Teapot of coloured/saltglaze(purple and/plum colour)/b. in London/Jan 25.1911
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.608 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75630
Old object number: 3356

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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