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Cock
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Solid dark brown and white agateware, with a white head, press-moulded in the shape of a cock (or perhaps a hen), with dark brown slip eyes, eight splashes of blue on the sides, and salt-glaze. The cock is standing upright on an oval base which is hollow underneath.
History note: An unidentified collector in Stoke-on-Trent; sold to Mr F. L. Furphey of Oakwood, Priory Road, Sale, from whom purchased for £12 on 1 October 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13.5 cm
Length: 9.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1760
CE
Decoration
composed of
slip
cobalt oxide
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Eyes
dark brown and white agateware Stoneware
Press-moulding
: Solid agateware, press-moulded in two halves, joined, painted with dark brown slip eyes, and splashes of cobalt oxide, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.791-1928
Primary reference Number: 76060
Old object number: 3272
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) "Cock" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76060 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:50:08
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University of Cambridge}}
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