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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed painted in blue. Heart-shaped bearing the arms of the Apothecaries' Company and motto OPIFERQVE.PER.ORBEM.DICOR', with below, an oval shield bearing the arms of the City of London. Two suspension holes at the top were pierced before firing.
History note: William Turner, Purley Chase, Atherstone; Randolph Berens, 14 Prince's Gardens, London; sold; sold Christie's, 13 December 1910, lot 86; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 1.3 cm
Depth: ½ in
Height: 32.5 cm
Height: 12 13/16 in
Width: 27.7 cm
Width: 10 7.8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
The latin motto of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries was taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book I:521-2 where Apollo says, ‘inventum medicina meum est, opiferque per orbem dicor, et herbarum subiecta potentia nobis ei mihi’ (I am called Help-Bringer throughout the world and all the potency of herbs is given unto me).
Decoration composed of cobalt
bluish
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, pierced by two suspension holes, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Accession number: C.1317-1928
Primary reference Number: 71780
Old object number: 3323
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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