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Spill holder in the shape of a Gatehouse
Factory: Dixon, Austin & Co. (Probably)
Yellow-glazed earthenware spill holder in the shape of a gatehouse, painted in red, brown and black enamel-colours.
Earthenware, moulded in three pieces, front, back, and base, glazed yellow, and painted in brownish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamel colours. In the shape of a gatehouse with a central tower flanked on each side by three adjacent towers of graduated size, all moulded with coarses of stoneware, castellated at the top, and hollow inside. They stand on an oblong, stepped base, which is concave underneath. Both sides are decorated alike. The central tower is painted with a door, a clock face, and a pointed window with tracery, and the smaller towers with small arched windows. The base is brownish-red with reserved yellow lines to indicate the pointing of the brickwork.
Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother Betha Wolferstan Rylands.
Height: 12.8 cm
Length: 21.0 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
Unmarked but attributed to Dixon, Austin & Co. on the basis of a marked, slightly larger example in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, (Founders' Bequest X 3574)
Decoration composed of enamels ( in brownish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black)
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded in three pieces, front, back, and base, glazed yellow, and painted in brownish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamel colours.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular stick-on label with a red stripe on one side
Accession number: C.72-1997
Primary reference Number: 75930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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