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Flask: C.1251-1928

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Crich pottery

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Description

Brown salt-glazed stoneware with silver mount and cover; inscribed on body Benjamin/Limeburner/1727

Notes

History note: Mr F. C. Furphey of Sale, from whom purchased for £3.10s.0d. on 21 October 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambrridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Crich ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England
  • Birmingham ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.

Dating

18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date: dated AD 1727

Note

Possibly made at Crich or Nottingham

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Benjamin Limeburner 1727
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription
  • Location: On mount
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1251-1928
Primary reference Number: 138430
Old object number: 3304

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 10 December 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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