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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Buff eathenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Circular, with bulbous sides, contracting towards the everted rim, standing on a high foot. The outside is painted with a spray of stylized foliage.
History note: Found in London; James Smith Collection. Whitechapel; sold 1901 and possibly one of the items mentioned in Dr J.W.L. Glaisher's MS Catalogue entry no. 3925 (C.1320-1928), as having been bought at the Smith Sale in 1901 in a box with several others
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 2.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
Circa
1780
CE
Made in London, probably at Lambeth
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in dark blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1350-1928
Primary reference Number: 71851
Old object number: R.1923
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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