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Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a vase of flowers, birds, and inscribed 'WV/1720'
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The pot has a bulbous body with a wide mouth resting on a slightly domed circular foot. It has two applied scroll handles of oval section with a thumb rest at the top, and on one side a curved tubular spout with an applied snake on the front. The domed cover has a circular vertical projection decorated with applied fleur-de-lys, and crosses, which were originally linked to straps to form a crown, and are now broken off. This surrounds a cup-shaped container which probably had a cover. The back is decorated with a vase of flowers flanked by birds, and the front has birds on either side of the spout. The upper part and the cover are decorated with borders of lapopets, scrolls and flowers. At the base of the spout is the inscription 'WV/1720'.
History note: Purchased from H. Van Stochem, at Rosen's shop in King St, St James's on 14 November 1917 for £20 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
18th Century, Early#
Queen Anne
Production date:
dated
AD 1703
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
Handles
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1512 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72123
Old object number: 4862
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72123 Accessed: 2024-11-08 18:47:47
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