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Posset pot: C.1445-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, orange and manganese-purple with the arms of the Cooks' Company

Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue, orange and manganese-purple. Circular with a bulbous body, short neck, and two applied handles, rounded on the outside, and scrolling inwards at the top and outwards at the bottom. Painted on one side with the arms of the Cooks' Company. The mantling is coloured in orange and the chevron on the shield in manganese-purple. On the left there is a flowering plant, and on the right a butterfly, and above them respectively, the initials 'EW' and the date '16:88'. On the other side there are two arrangements of flowers and foliage with a butterfly between them on the ground. A narrow wriggly line runs round the neck.

Notes

History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £16 on 22 November 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Lambeth ⪼ Surrey ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
James II
Production date: dated AD 1688

Note

Made in the London area, probably at Lambeth, where in 1688 there were potteries at Copthall and Norfolk House

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, orange, and a little manganese-purple)
Body
Handles

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: the initials are separated from the date by the top of the mantling

  • Text: EW 16:88
  • Location: On side to left of spout
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1445-1928
Primary reference Number: 72014
Old object number: 3316
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 20 February 2019 Last processed: Friday 16 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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