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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware, pierced, and painted in blue with interlace motifs surrounding the inscription ‘C/WE/1653’ with a loopy flourish below
History note: Sotheby’s, 19 July, 1920 lot 158; purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 6½ cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Commonwealth
Production date:
dated
AD 1653
This is the earliest recorded dated English delftware puzzle jug
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Body
Neck
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1321-1928
Primary reference Number: 71809
Old object number: 3860
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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