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Candlestick: C.1340-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Southwark Pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Perhaps)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with an Oriental landscape and inscription ‘IAM/1685’

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The circular base of the candlestick is domed and has nine bosses pushed up from below. The candlestick is cylindrical with a pie-crust edge to the nozzle (mostly lost), and a drip pan above its junction with the foot. The candlestick is decorated with rows of upward and downward pointing Vs separated by dotted bands. The base is decorated with a Chinese man seated in an Oriental landscape, and with the inscription ‘IAM/1685’.

Notes

History note: Brian T. Harland Collection, Croydon; Fenton, Oxford Street; bought from Mr Fenton on 12 September 1918 for £31.10s by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
Production date: dated AD 1685

Note

Probably made in London, at Southwark, or perhaps at Brislington.

School or Style

Ming Transitional

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)
Foot Diameter 18 cm
Column

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: IAM/1685
  • Location: On top of foot near edge
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1340-1928
Primary reference Number: 71835
Old object number: 4693

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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