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Lion
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Dark brown and white agateware, press-moulded, painted with blue and brown slips, and salt-glazed. The lion (or dog) is seated with its head turned towards the viewer on a rounded triangular base which is hollow underneath. There is a hole in the back under the animal's belly. The side nearest to the viewer has been splashed with blue slip which has run down the animal's side and formed a thick crust in front of its right rear leg and on its paw. The eyes are painted in dark brown slip.
History note: Harland Collection; Puttick & Simpson, 22 May, 1925, Harland Sale, part of lot 180; purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.8 cm
Length: 6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
1745
CE
-
1755
CE
Decoration
composed of
slip
( dark brown for eyes, and blue on body)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Press-moulding : Dark brown and white agateware, press-moulded in two halves and joined, painted with dark brown and blue slips, and salt-glazed; a roughly square hole has been pierced in the back
Inscription present: half of an octagonal white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.786-1928
Primary reference Number: 76054
Old object number: 4550
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Lion" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76054 Accessed: 2024-12-22 14:08:21
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