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Plate: C.1365-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Vauxhall Pottery (Probaby)
Pottery: Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a bell and plant motifs

Buff earthenware, covered with greyish tin-glaze and painted in greyish-blue. Circular with a narrow sloping rim, slightly upturned at the edge, curved sides and flat centre. Decorated in the middle with a bell with a spray of foliage above and below, surrounded by two narrow concentric circles. On the rim there are two more circles and six plant motifs alternating with pairs of curved lines, and a single line round the edge.

Notes

History note: Henry Thomas Wake (1831-1914), Fritchely, Derbyshire; Mr Wake's 'Monthly Catalogue of Books, Coins, Antiquities & c.', no. 300, 5th month (May), 1899, no. 75 ; bought for 12s. 6d by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 19.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, second half
George II
George III
1750 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Probably made in Lambeth or Vauxhall. Said to have been made for the Bell Inn, Parliament Street, Nottingham.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt oxide)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
greyish Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue high-temperature colour

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: formerly inscribed on the plate, no longer present

  • Text: The Bell Inn, Parliament Street, Nottingham
  • Location: On back
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1365-1928
Primary reference Number: 71875
Old object number: 2268

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 December 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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