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Tea set tray: EC.31.1-1942

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Tea set tray

Maker(s)

Pottery: Adams, William

Entities

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Description

Blue jasper ware, decorated with white sprigs.

Oval tray, bent up around the edge and finished with a scalloped rim. Below the rim is an inscisd line, above a thin band of palmettes and acanthus which covers the inner sides. In the centre is a stylised flower surrounded by a band of small, looped circles. The underside is flat.

Notes

History note: Given as a wedding present to Mrs Kitchener (Mrs Piele’s grandmother), in 1800

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Kemthorne in memory of Dr & Mrs Peile, 1942

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.5 in
Height: 1 in

Place(s) associated

  • Tunstall ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942-09-08) by Kempthorne, Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1799

Note

William Adams ran a pot works in Tunstall from 1779 until his death in 1805; the business then continued under his son Benjamin until 1821. They produced a wide range of products, but particularly stoneware and jasper ware jugs and mugs featuring neo-classical, hunting or contemporary scenes. In jasper they made ornamental vases, candlesticks, cameos and medallions, as well as tea sets and more unusual shapes.

School or Style

Neoclassical

Materials used in production

jasper Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.31.1-1942
Primary reference Number: 76938
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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