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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with vine branches in relief and painted in enamels
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.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.3 cm
Length: 18.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II or George III
Circa
1760
-
1765
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
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
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
Accession number: C.608 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75630
Old object number: 3356
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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