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Potter: Unknown
Red earthenware, thrown, and rilled, with black lead glaze. Two-handled cylindrical beaker with wide base, and deeply ribbed sides at the bottom and near the top. The handles have been broken off.
History note: Found at Westminster. Alfred P. Billson Collection, Folkestone; sold Sotheby's, December 21st, 1908, Billson Collection Sale, Catalogue of Antiquities and other Works of Art . . ., part of lot 21; purchased for 21s.0d. by S. Fenton on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century
17th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
-
1625
Accession number: GL.C.20-1928
Primary reference Number: 77036
Old object number: 2983
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Beaker (drinking vessel)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77036 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:20:51
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