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Tea service: C.1554-1928

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Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue

Notes

History note: Mr Stewart Acton, Brighton from who purchased on 17 November 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

Note

See the entries for the individual pieces in the teasetC.1554.1 & A-1928, C.1554.2-1928, C.1554.3-1928, C.1554.4 & A-1928, C.1554.5 & A-1928 and c.1554.6 & A-1928

School or Style

Oriental

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)
Parts

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1554-1928
Primary reference Number: 166993
Old object number: 4259

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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