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Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Production)
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white except for the underside of the sole and heel, and painted in blue. A high-heeled lady's shoe with a buckle and chains, painted on the upper with sprays of flowers on either side of a central mottled stripe, and on the heel with vertical stripes of blue and watery blue. Under the instep is the inscription 'SOE/1750/1' with four lines of different lengths below.
History note: William Fuller Maitland, Stansted Hall, Stansted Mountfichet, Essex; Fuller Maitland sale, Stansted Hall, September 1922. Mr J. Wordingham, Hope House, Coram Road, Norwich, from whom purchased on 16 October 1922 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 13.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1751
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) Under Instep composed of tin-glaze Visible Surface composed of tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Press-moulding : Buff eathenware, press-moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue
Accession number: C.1542-1928
Primary reference Number: 72192
Old object number: 3971
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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