Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
(Probably)
Proprietor of pottery:
Townsend, Thomas
(Southwark)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Dark buff earthenware, thrown, with applied handle, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Bulbous body with cylindrical neck, standing on a foot which is slightly concave underneath. The broad strap handle has a longitudinal depression on the exterior, and a pinched lower terminal. The body is decorated with 'birds on rocks' pattern in late-Ming style. The shoulder is decorated with a trellis pattern between sets of narrow horizontal bands, and on the neck there is scrolling foliage with a set of horizontal bands above. Below the main field there is a band of trellis pattern between sets of horizontal bands, and there is a broad band round the edge of the foot. The back of the handle is blue. Below the lower terminal is the date '1633'
Notes
History note: Mr Letts of 100-101, Great Russell Street, London from whom purchased for £25 on 11 October, 1916 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 23 cm
Height: 9 1/16 in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, second quarter
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1633
Note
The decoration, known as 'birds-on-rocks' was derived from Chinese Wanli period blue and white porcelain.
School or Style
Wanli style
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue)
Body
Materials used in production
dark buff
Earthenware
white
Tin-glaze
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 1633
- Location: Below the lower handle terminal
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Date
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.1296-1928
Primary reference Number: 71744
Old object number: 4044
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
