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Probably
Unidentified Lambeth Pottery
(Pottery)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and decorated with powdered manganese, and painting in blue. Within an octagonal reserve, a man wearing a hat, standing in a landscape with a bridge on the left and towers on the right; 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: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Second quarter of 18th century
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.2834B-1928
Primary reference Number: 15395
Old object number: 517
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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