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Factory: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with Chinese figures in a landscape
Buff earthenware tin-glazed pale turquoise-blue and painted in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a short straight neck, and is supported on three small feet in the shape of birds. It has a sucking spout decorated with a zig-zag of clay on the front and two loop handles each having a snake on the back with a small bird perching on it. On either side of the handles there are spirals of clay. The domed cover (A) has a flange round the edge, a pierced ball finial, and handles similar to those on the pot. The body and cover are painted with Chinese figures in landscapes and with the inscription '16/G/IA/86' on the front to the viewer's left of the spout.
History note: Law, Foulsham and Cole, South Molton Street, London, from whom bought for £125 on the Tuesday after 1 August 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 28.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Production date:
dated
AD 1686
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue derived from cobalt oxide)
Body
buff
Earthenware
pale turquoise-blue
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1505 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72110
Old object number: 4860
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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