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Coffee pot: C.705 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood (Doubtful)

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Description

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, with dark green and cream lead-glazes. Piriform body with projecting base, upward curving spout with silver mount on the end, and seven holes in the wall behind it. Loop handle formed by three elongated leaves with a longitudinal rib, and a kick up at the end of each. Domed cover with cauliflower knob, and pierced hole.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Freeman's sale at Cambridge, 27 February 1904 for £3.15.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.1 cm
Length: 20.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1770 CE

Note

Rackham attributed this pot to Wedgwood on the basis of a block for a cauliflower teapot in the then Etruria Museum. However, an exact match of the moulding would be required before this could be a conclusive attribution on that ground. Cauliflower ware was made by several north Staffordshire potters in this period.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Body
Handle
Spout

Materials used in production

dark green and cream Lead-glaze
Creamware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.705 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 12118
Old object number: 1931

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 May 2025

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

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