Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Montague Close Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unknown
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with fruit, an inscription, and border
Red earthenware, tin-glazed on the front and painted in blue, copper-green, yellow, and orange; the reverse covered with yellow lead-glaze over slip. Circular with deep curved sides, and a sloping rim, standing on a footring. In the middle there is a shield painted in blue with the initials and date S/R E/1634 and a blue border. Around it are large ochre-coloured fruits (apples or pomegranates) , a bunch of grapes and foliage. On the rim there is a repeating border of blue paired ovals with arrowheads between them between blue concentric circles
Notes
History note: Mr J. Corkill, New Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Cheshire from whom purchased for £18.10s.0d. on 16 August, 1918 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 36 cm
Diameter: 14 3/16 in
Height: 11.4 cm
Height: 4½ in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, second quarter
Charles I
Production date:
dated
AD 1634
Note
The bowl was probably made in Southwark, but might have been made in the Netherlands, where decoration of pomegranates, grapes and leaves was popular on pottery and tiles
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( off-white)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Materials used in production
red
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: in shield-shaped outline
- Text: S/R.E/1634
- Location: In centre
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.1396-1928
Primary reference Number: 71915
Old object number: 4855
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 27 November 2025
Last processed: Thursday 27 November 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
