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Tea Bowl and Saucer from a Toy Tea Set
Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The cup has deep curved sides with a very slightly everted rim. The saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. Both pieces are painted with a landscape wth a house, rocks and trees beside a river or lake.
History note: Mr Stewart Acton, 10a East Street, Brighton from whom purchased with a miniature tea set on 16 November 1923 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Saucer
Diameter 10 cm
Height 2.2 cm
Tea Bowl
Diameter 5.5 cm
Height 2.9 cm
Cup
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.1554.5 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72213
Old object number: 4259f
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.1554.4 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.1554.1 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.1554.3-1928
Accession Number: C.1554.6 & A-1928
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