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Cock: C.856-1928

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Titles

Cock

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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Description

Cream earthenware painted in blue, pale green and brownish-orange under bluish lead-glaze

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted in blue, pale green and orange under slightly blue tinted lead-glaze. The underside is open and the interior of the sides of the base are glazed. The cock stands with its legs on either side of a rock or tree stump support. This is coloured pale green, and the cock is randomly dabbed with blue and orange.

Notes

History note: Miss Kingsland, dealer at West Croydon, from whom purchased for £3 on 13 May 1915 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.5 cm
Length: 8.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1790 - 1810

Note

Attributed to Staffordshire, but might be from elsewhere in northern England

Components of the work

Surface composed of lead-glaze ( slightly blue tinted)
Decoration composed of metallic oxides

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, painted in blue, pale green, and orange under slightly blue tinted lead-glaze

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.856-1928
Primary reference Number: 76235
Old object number: 4108

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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