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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a flaring neck, two handles which are convex on the outside and concave on the inside, and between them, a tubular sucking spout attached to the body and jutting forward at the top. The domed cover has a mushroom-shaped knob. The bulbous part of the body is decorated with sprays of flowers and foliage, with a horizontal row of adjacent diamond shapes separating them from the neck which is divided into panels with stylized plants with block-shaped leaves. The cover is decorated with sprays of flowers and foliage and has a borders of adjacent diamond shapes around the knob and the outer edge. Inside the cover and body is the inscription.
History note: Mr Hakoumoff, Golden Court, George Street, Richmond, Surrey; he sold it to Mr A.G. Parry of South Kensington, for £7.10s. but Hakoumoff phoned to him and on 21 March, 1921 it was purchased for £9.10s. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1730
CE
The posset pot could have been made in either London or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.1360 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 71864
Old object number: 3873
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71864 Accessed: 2024-11-08 19:08:33
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