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Tea caddy: C.1537-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with European and Chinese figures

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish white except for the base, and painted in blue. Octagonal with protruding corners, straight sides, and a flat top with central cylindrical mouth to take a cover, now missing. The top is decorated with four shaped panels enclosing chinese figures, reserved in a ground of four different diaper patterns. The two long sides are decorated respectively with a European gentleman standing with left hand on his hip and holding out his right to the side, and a European lady with her hands in a muff.The two narrow ends are each decorated with a vertical floral spray, and the four canted sides with the same diaper pattern.

Notes

History note: Bought in Cambridge in 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.2 cm
Length: 9.9 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1770 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
Visible Surfaces composed of tin-glaze ( bluish-white)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: yoy
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1537-1928
Primary reference Number: 72181
Old object number: 1299

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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