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Brislington Pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, brownish-red, and manganese-purple with tulips and foliage in a vase surrounded by a scrolling border; blue dashes on the edge
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted blue, turquoise-green, yellow, brownish-red, and manganese-purple; the reverse, slip-coated, and covered with greenish lead-glaze clouded with tin-oxide. The front is decorated with three large tulips and broad, alternately blue and green leaves, standing in an inverted cone-shaped vase with blue scrolls extending on each side. Around this there are two narrow blue concentric circles, and on the rim, a border of blue scrolls between blue and wide yellow bands. The edge is encircled by blue dashes.
History note: Purchased at Kelvedon, Essex in 1897 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 40.3 cm
Diameter: 15 7/8 in
Height: 7.5 cm
Height: 3 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 17th Century
James II
William III and Mary II
Circa
1685
CE
-
1700
CE
Attributed to Lambeth on accession
Back composed of lead-glaze ( greenish-buff, containing tin-oxide) slip ( pale-coloured) Front composed of tin-glaze ( white) Decoration
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1487-1928
Primary reference Number: 72076
Old object number: 11
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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