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Possibly
Montague Close Pottery
(Pottery)
Possibly
Pickleherring Pottery
(Pottery)
Rotherhithe Pottery
(Pottery)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The jug stands on a disk base and has a bulbous body, a short narrow neck and a strap handle with a concave depression running down it, and a vestigial V-shaped terminal. Around the body there is a panel flanked by grotesque heads with their tongues protruding, and bordered by palmettes alternating with cone-shapes formed by horizontal lines. Within the panel is the inscription: R/M ROBART RIPLEY AND RS/M MARY RIPLEY 1644
History note: Mr A.R. Hakoumoff, Richmond, Surrey, from whom bought for £15 on 6 May 1921 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 17th century
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1644
Potteries were operating at Pickleherring, Montague Close and Rotherhithe at the date of manufacture
Decoration composed of cobalt ( pigment derived from) Bottle Handle
buff Earthenware Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1302-1928
Primary reference Number: 71762
Old object number: 3863
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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