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Pottery:
World's End Pottery
Proprietor of pottery:
Delamain, Henry
Proprietor of pottery:
Delamain, Mary
Proprietor of pottery:
Delamain, William
Proprietor of pottery:
Wilkinson, Samuel
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, moulded in parts, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. The stand is in the shape of a tier of ten shelves attached to a central hollow oval support. The undersides of the three lowest shells have protrusions for feet. The interiors of the shells are painted with Chinese style flowers and plants, except for the top shell which has a vase holding a flower and two peacock feathers. A figure 4 is painted on the underside of one shell.
History note: Miss Samuels, Grays Inn Road, London from whom purchased about 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1755
CE
-
1765
CE
Probably copied from a Bow or Worcester porcelain stand.
This stand was made at the World's End Pottery in Dublin during the proprietorship of either William Delamain, his 'widow', Mary Delamain, or William Delamain and Samuel Wilkinson.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
bluish and very thick
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.1549-1928
Primary reference Number: 72199
Old object number: 994
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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