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Production: Unidentified Westerwald pottery
Grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle and detachable stopper, incised and impressed knibis decoration, painted in blue (smalt) and salt-glazed. The bottle is of elongated ovoid form standing on a flat base, and has a short cylindrical neck, and a small loop handle of D section. The stopper has a circular slightly convex top, which has been stuck into the neck. The decoration is in four horizontal zones divided by blue bands. The top and third zones have bands of interlocking impressed circles with their centres painted in blue. The second zone has a band zig-zag knibis decoration, and the fourth zone a band of knibis decoration in which the individual impressed strokes begin at different levels so that a wavy band is formed. The neck is encircled by a blue band, and the top of the cover is blue overall.
History note: R. Little, 41, Castle Street, Carlisle, from whom bought for 5s 0d. in June 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1799
A comparable bottle with knibis decoration and incised heart motifs is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (BK-NM-2028)
Body
Decoration
Surface
grey Stoneware
Accession number: C.2056-1928
Primary reference Number: 76586
Old object number: 2013
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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