Pottery: Unidentified Pottery
Two joined fragments of a dish. Thrown red earthenware, the front slip-trailed in cream and lead-glazed, the reverse unglazed. Originally circular with thick walls, and thickened rim on the underside, sloping sides and flat base. With wavy lines trailed round the outer edge. The piece on the left is trailed '1638' followed by the upper part of an 'F'. The piece on the right is trailed 'EA' and part of an 'R', with below part of a stem flanked by curling tendrils.
Comes with another fragment (C.72B-1928), which may be from the same dish
History note: Dug up in London. James Smith Collection, Whitechapel, London; sold Sotheby's, 19 December 1901, James Smith sale, in a box of fragments; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 22.9 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.
17th Century, Mid#
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1638
One of two fragmentsof a dish with (C.72B-1928) at the time of accession identified as 'Metropolitan Ware' but now attributed to a pottery in the area of Harlow, Essex.
Decoration
Accession number: C.72A-1928
Primary reference Number: 138113
Old object number: 3670
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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