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Pottery:
Lambeth High Street Pottery
(Probably)
Proprietor of pottery:
Morgan, Thomas
Proprietor of pottery:
Griffith, Abigail
Proprietor of pottery:
Gurney, George and John
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with flower motifs, spirals and points, and concentrically pierced with circular and heart-shaped holes.\par
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Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue. Circular, slightly convex form, pierced in the centre with a large circular hole, surrounded by forty-one smaller holes: a circle of smaller circular holes, a circle of hearts, another circle of circular holes and another circle of hearts. Decorated in the centre with a star-like motif surrounded by two large and two small sprays of flowers; on the edge, a formal border of points and spirals interrupted at four points by a plant.
History note: Christie's, 7 November, 1977, lot 27; Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection; Mrs Elizabeth Hirsch, Cambridge
Given from the Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
Diameter: 30.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1991-01-21) by Robert and Elizabeth Hirsch Collection
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1785
CE
Probably made at Lambeth High Street, under the management of Thomas Morgan and Abigail Griffith or George and John Gurney
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( cobalt-blue)
Minimum
Height 1.1 cm
Maximum
Height 1.5 cm
Tin-glazing
: Earthenware, pierced with a large central circular hole surrounded by forty-one smaller circular and heart-shaped holes, tin-glazed and painted in blue
Pierced
Inscription present: square label
Inscription present: circular label
Inscription present: on strip of tape
Accession number: C.9-1991
Primary reference Number: 76379
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) "Dish drainer" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76379 Accessed: 2024-04-19 13:40:12
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Accession Number: C.4-1991
Accession Number: C.8E-1977
Accession Number: C.3-1991
Accession Number: C.12 & A-1991
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