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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. Square in plan with deep sloping sides, two of which on opposing sides have a winged cherub's head applied in relief. The angles and top are edged with a twisted rope in relief, and on each top corner there is an acorn finial. The rope and acorns are painted blue. The sides are decorated in polychrome with small birds among flowering plants and rocks.
History note: Said to have come from 'a very good family' in Reach, Cambridgeshire by Mr Morley, a Cambridge dealer, who sold it in April to Mr J.C.C. Boger, an undergraduate at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Boger sold it for 17s. 6d, on 4 June 1894 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1705
: Dated on the basis of the similarity of the decoration to a plate and a jar dated 1705
Probaby made by one of the Lambeth potteries
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, green, yellow, and red)
Parts
buff
Earthenware
shiny white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1459-1928
Primary reference Number: 72032
Old object number: 124
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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