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Production: Unidentified (Possibly)
Pearlware cup and saucer, part of a set with a teapot and another cup and saucer. Transfer-printed underglaze in blue with landscapes and floral borders.
White earthenware, transfer-printed in blue under slightly blue-tinted lead-glaze (pearlware). The cup has deep curved sides, a recessed base, and a loop handle. The circular saucer has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated on the outside with a continuous landscape. Onthe right there is a cottage, a fence and bushes, and two figures, and on the left two cows in a pond and a tree on a bank. In the distance there is a river, cliffs, and a hill with a church spire visible above it. Inside the rim there is a stylized floral border. The inside of the saucer (A) is decorated with a similar landscape but with two large trees beside the cottage, and a different background. Round the edge there is a floral border to match that on the cup.
Given by Mrs F. R. Leavis
Method of acquisition: Given (1976-04-22) by Leavis, F. R., Mrs
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1810
On accession attributed doubtfully to Liverpool
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Saucer
Diameter 10.2 cm
Cup
Diameter 6 cm
Height 4.5 cm
slightly blue tinted; lead presumed
Lead-glaze
white
Earthenware
Accession number: C.8 & A-1976
Primary reference Number: 76077
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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