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Summer: GPL.246-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Summer

Maker(s)

Factory: Bates, Elliot & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'Summer', inscribed 'SUMMER'; leaf border, Fig. VIII r. (Williams-Wood, p. 103) without panels; brown key plate; green added.

Notes

History note: Possibly bought from Puttick & Simpson, London

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Longport ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Circa 1874 CE - 1900 CE

School or Style

Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print, brown key plate
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: 1.6.1874

  • Location: Inside lid
  • Method of creation: Printed in brown
  • Type: Registration mark
  • Text: 283/JAN.15.1925/PUTTICK/LOT 167.
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: SUMMER
  • Location: On top of pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: 6
  • Location: Printed
  • Method of creation: Blue enamel
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.246-1928
Primary reference Number: 14951
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Summer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14951 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:01:10

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