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Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, speckled with manganese and painted in blue. The jug has a globular body resting on a low foot which is slightly concave underneath. It has a tall sloping neck, and a handle which is rounded on the inside, concave on the outside, and has a long lower terminal. Round the neck is reserved area with a blue edging enclosing the name 'IOHN SELEMAN'.
History note: Christie's, London, 8 December 1922, lot 147
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second quarter#
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1643
Probably made in London at the Pickleherring Pottery. The mottled surface resembles a Rhenish salt-glazed stoneware bottle.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( manganese and blue from cobalt)
Body
buff
Earthenware
greyish on the interior
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1376-1928
Primary reference Number: 71889
Old object number: 4078
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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