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Production: Unknown (Uncertain)
Red earthenware, covered inside with lead glaze. Oviform, with two small loop handles flanking the wide mouth. The shoulders are decorated with applied decoration, indented with thumb-markings forming on one side the date 1724. Near the base is a bung-hole.
History note: Theodore Charbonnier, Lynton, Devon, from whom purchased in 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 39.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1724
Accessioned as Devonshire, but could be an import from Italy
Decoration
Inside
Accession number: GL.C.60-1928
Primary reference Number: 77088
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cistern" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77088 Accessed: 2024-12-23 03:30:16
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