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Charger: M.28-1982

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pewterer: Redshaw, John
Pewterer: Harvey, Laurence (Possibly)

Entities

Categories

Description

Pewter,with the Blakiston-Calvert coat-of-arms engraved on the rim, and reeded edge. Circular with broad rim and shallow well, with a large circular repair off-centre.

Notes

History note: Sir William Blakiston, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Calvert (m. between 1661-4); by descent to Lady Maud Bowes Lyon, Broadway, Worcestershire; Alfred Jessup (her nephew); lent by him to the husband of Mrs Dorothy de Navarro with instructions that it should be given to the Fitzwilliam after his death.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Dorothy de Navarro

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 92 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England
  • Stockton-on-Tees ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1982-11-11) by de Navarro, Dorothy, Mrs

Dating

17th Century, Late
Circa 1665 CE - 1692 CE

Note

John Redshaw was apprenticed first to Bartholomew Vokins in 1672 and then to Walter Sturt in 1673. He was free of the Pewterer's Company on 18 December 1679, set up shop on 11 August 1681, and struck his touch on the same date.

The pewter repair in the middle bears the mark of Laurence Harvey, possibly the man born on 23 January 1659 at Wigan, Lancashire, His son Edmund, was born in Stockton-on-Tees on 27 October 1698, and Laurence died there on 9 February 1714.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Rim Width 15.5 cm
Coat-of-arms

Materials used in production

Pewter

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: an oval medallion enclosing a dog passant with IOHN on a curved scroll above, and REDSHAW on a curved scroll below, flanked by palms

  • Text: IOHN/REDSHAW
  • Location: On back of well
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Touch mark

Inscription present: a lion seated below an arch bearing the name LAURENCE supported by two plain columns on rectangular bases with HARVEY on a rectangular panel below them

  • Text: LAURENCE/HARVEY
  • Location: On back of repair
  • Method of creation: Struck twice
  • Type: Touch mark

Inscription present: two indecipherable and unrecorded marks followed by lion passant and probably leopard's head

  • Location: On front of rim
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Pseudo hallmarks

Inscription present: separately struck L H, leopard's head, lion passant

  • Text: L H
  • Location: On repair
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Pseudo hallmarks

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.28-1982
Primary reference Number: 125477
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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