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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue. The cup has a bulbous lower part sloping inwards towards the rim, and an applied loop handle, rounded on the back. The outside is decorated with a continuous Chinese landscape or garden with rocks and stylized plants. In the middle two Chinamen are seated on either side of a large plantain with the initials P/RI over it. The date '1669' is over the figure to the right. The back of the handle is decorated with a vertical series of V-shaped lines.
History note: J.E. Hodgkin (d. 1912); sold by his executors to Mr Wilfred Harding, London; bought in September 1913 for £30 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequst
Height: 10.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Third quarter of 17th century
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1669
Caudle cups or pots were used for a sloppy food made of gruel, wine or ale, spices and sugar.
Possibly made in London or Brislington
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Body
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1331-1928
Primary reference Number: 71823
Old object number: 3650
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.451.2 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.451.3 & A-1928
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