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Production: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a bust of John Wilkes
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. Circular with deep curved sides standing on a footring. The interior is decorated with a panel enclosing a bust portrait of John Wilkes with below a ribbon inscribed 'WILKES AND LIBERTS [sic] and under it 'No 45'. On the sides there are four scrolling sprays alternating with four dotted ovals. The exterior is decorated with an upper border of scrolling ornament forming arches over floral sprays and sprigs.
History note: Mr Jolley, Cambridge, from who purchased on 28 February 1905 for £2.5.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1764
CE
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1768
CE
Circa
1768
CE
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No. 45 refers to issue 45 of the periodical, The North Briton, published in 1763, in which John Wilkes (1727-97) had printed a satirical article critical of the government
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Rim
Diameter 29 cm
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Throwing
: Earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: first line written on a ribbon, the last two words below not on a ribbon
Accession number: C.1555-1928
Primary reference Number: 72215
Old object number: 2281
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Punch bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72215 Accessed: 2024-09-01 01:50:07
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