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Two Children seated on a Mound
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Dark brown and white marbled clays (solid agateware), touched with blue on the front, and salt-glazed. Two naked children are seated on a mound on either side of a tree stump (?), with their nearest hands clasped behind it. The mound base is hollow underneath.
History note: Christie's, 6 June, 1912. Henry J. Griffith Collection, 336 Hagley Road, Birmingham; Mr Frank Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £54 on 5 October 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher
Height: 7.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Depth 5.8 cm
Length 11 cm
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with upper corners cut and a black line border
Accession number: C.784-1928
Primary reference Number: 76052
Old object number: 4832
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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