1592984317000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-75473 1752602730197 1714400560000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-75473 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75473 52af3a23-a6f9-346c-977e-b8fc44c22004 9 reference term-42825 adlib-term-42825 858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39d stoneware reference term-113617 adlib-term-113617 e7f652e0-545e-352e-bece-b5fb0dff1b88 white salt-glazed stoneware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher dark brown reference term-34794 adlib-term-34794 de23d2db-1e19-38a6-9db0-80f062e799ca slip Eyes in dark brown slip reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-37110 adlib-term-37110 ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442 salt-glaze Surface Front reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding Applied Arts physical description White salt-glazed stoneware with eyes painted in brown slip. white salt-glazed stoneware flower holder in the shape of a woman's face surrounded by acanthus foliage White stoneware, press-moulded and salt-glazed. The front of the flower holder is in the form of a woman's face with a bow over her forehead, and a scroll on each side of her cheeks, surrounded by acanthus foliage, pierced by three holes at the top. Below her chin there are three leaves terminating in a point. The woman's eyes are painted with dark brown slip. The flat back is lower at the top than the front, and has a wavy edge. Below this there are two circular suspension holes. C.542-1928 1 accession number C.542-1928 75473 priref 75473 Glaisher MS Catalogue, vol. 18 old object number 3704 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75473 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75473 almost square white paper stick-on label with dark blue line border on three sides on back hand written No 3704/White salt glaze/wall pocket, with/a woman's face/& leaf below./b. in Lon (don)/ May 27 1914 label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928-12-07 bequeathed The Glaisher collection of ceramics was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's death 1755 1755 1755 circa 1755 1770 1 1770 1770 1770 production reference agent-188517 adlib-agent-188517 a4d0d1d4-8017-34fb-acc6-a16158a7529b Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery Perhaps made by Thomas Whieldon's factory at Fenton Vivian, or Thomas and John Wedgwood, the Big House, Burslem, whose sales account book mentions in 1770 the sale to Richard Franks of Bristol of '8 large faces, 6 Midle, 2 least, 8 Flower Horns, 2/- per pair £1.4.0. Flower horns were flat-backed wall pockets for flowers, so it seems likely that the 'faces' were for a similar purpose and resembled this example and C.540-1928 and C.541-1928. reference term-113159 adlib-term-113159 4bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e 18th Century, third quarter reference term-108039 adlib-term-108039 d5a15f6b-f522-32d8-b678-8685fcc08296 George II or George III reference term-107658 adlib-term-107658 824d3ecf-92c1-33aa-8d45-2f0239317270 literal England England country literal Staffordshire Staffordshire region Staffordshire reference term-42825 adlib-term-42825 858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39d stoneware Height cm 17.8 Width cm 10.2 reference media-45303 adlib-media-45303 1c82a802-7780-30f7-829d-f81cfea4d68e jpeg aa/aa3/C_542_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1616243682034 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_542_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1616243682034 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_542_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1616243682034 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_542_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1616243682034 1 image 0 media image reference media-45304 adlib-media-45304 2897f7f0-8285-3ad6-bd41-1baa6014ffe8 jpeg aa/aa3/C_542_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1616246036132 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_542_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1616246036132 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_542_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1616246036132 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_542_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1616246036132 1 image 1 media image reference term-89288 adlib-term-89288 455db501-083a-3034-a82a-df239db74a06 wall pocket history note A house near Watford; Williams, Wardour Street, London, where purchased on 27 May 1914 for £2.10s. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge 1 similar design reference object-75464 adlib-object-75464 a5deb68e-045e-3056-b4b5-bdaa290ee7ba 1 reference 1 term-89288 adlib-term-89288 455db501-083a-3034-a82a-df239db74a06 wall pocket wall pocket 1 similar design reference object-75466 adlib-object-75466 29119f1e-0527-3bcc-bdfd-360a584a7e9a 1 reference 1 term-89288 adlib-term-89288 455db501-083a-3034-a82a-df239db74a06 wall pocket wall pocket 1 reference object-75466 adlib-object-75466 29119f1e-0527-3bcc-bdfd-360a584a7e9a 1 reference 1 term-89288 adlib-term-89288 455db501-083a-3034-a82a-df239db74a06 wall pocket wall pocket reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. l, p. 82, no. 542 82 reference publication-1031 adlib-publication-1031 a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55ed Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Cf. pl. 155 on right a white salt-glazed stoneware example and on the left a coloured lead-glazed example. Mountford cites the record of a sale in 1770 of which appears to refer to face wall pockets of this design 45 reference publication-3518 adlib-publication-3518 e5ee7538-2e37-36f8-a85e-4633321ea64b The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo reference term-89288 adlib-term-89288 455db501-083a-3034-a82a-df239db74a06 wall pocket wall pocket reference term-120043 adlib-term-120043 5cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289 salt-glazing object OBJECT