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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and decorated in blue and powdered manganese. Painted in blue within an octagonal reserve is a standing figure in a landscape; powdered manganese ground with a reserved carnation in each corner.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.7 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter
George I
George II
Circa
1725
CE
-
1750
CE
Made in the London area, probably at one of the Lambeth potteries
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and powdered manganese)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2834A-1928
Primary reference Number: 15394
Old object number: 518
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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