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Door knob: EC.32-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Door knob with a mottled streaked manganese glaze

Notes

History note: Found on High Street Burslem

Legal notes

From Stoke-on-Trent Museums, in exchange.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7 cm
Height: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Exchanged (1943) by The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

Dating

17th Century#
1600 - 1699

Materials used in production

Glaze

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.32-1943
Primary reference Number: 138132
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 July 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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