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Copper lustre teapot
Red earthenware, thrown and moulded parts applied then dipped in copper (gold) lustre.
Teapot and lid entirely covered in copper-lustre. Pot with globular body and high rim rising towards the spout, curved spout and loop handle. The underside is flat and lustred, with a narrow foot-rim. The lid is flat with a central, flattened knob and a deep interior rim which sits into the pot.
History note: Bought with a matching milk jug from Smith in Wardour Street around 1899, for about £3, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Second quarter of 19th century
Circa
1830
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Circa
1840
Decoration composed of lustre ( pink (gold))
Throwing : Thrown earthenware with moulded parts applied, dipped in lustre.
Accession number: C.1177 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71460
Old object number: 1067
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Copper lustre teapot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71460 Accessed: 2023-02-06 19:50:10
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Accession Number: C.6-1983
Accession Number: C.1180-1928
Accession Number: C.1172 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.1179-1928
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