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Hand Warmer in the Shape of a Book
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
White earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow and ochre. Formed as a book with two false clasps, the hand warmer has two compartments linked by a hole, and having a large approximately rectangular aperture in the top near the spine, and a small hole in the back top left corner. Both sides are painted with the initials and date 'EM/1663' within an oval loopy frame, and have a fleur-de-lys in each corner. The spine is painted with four horizontal stripes alternating with dotted flowerheads, and the fore-edge is painted in turquoise with slightly darker stripes to indicate the pages. The clasps are yellow.
History note: Purchased from Louis Gautier, Chelsea on 12 July 1927 for £15 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 4 cm
Height: 11.3 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, third quarter#
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1663
Probably made by a pottery in London, although the Brislington Pottery was also operating at this date
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and ochre)
white
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1428-1928
Primary reference Number: 71986
Old object number: 4963
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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