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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Stoneware, possibly covered with a ferruginous wash, incised, and salt-glazed. Bell-shaped with two reeded loop handles and spreading foot. Incised on one side with the inscription: 'Thomas Smeeton &/Mary His Wife 1739', on the other, with two sprays of flowers resembling potentilla, on a wide band between two borders of geometrical pattern.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21 cm
Width: 29.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Production date:
AD 1739
: dated
The overall lustreous brown colour was typical of Nottingham stoneware. It could have been achieved by dipping the pots in a thin coat of iron-bearing slip, but probably occurred naturally as a result of a high iron content in the clay and generous amounts of salt thrown into the kiln during firing.
Mouth
Diameter 21.7 cm
Body
Decoration
possibly
Ferruginous wash
Salt-glaze
Stoneware
Accession number: C.1234-1928
Primary reference Number: 71637
Old object number: 1149
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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