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Possibly
unidentified London pottery
(Production)
Possibly
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware, pierced, and painted in blue with flowers, leaves and birds
Buff earthenware, thrown, with pierced top inserted, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. The circular bowl has deep curved sides and stands on a footring. Its top is slightly concave and is pierced by a large central circular hole and sixty-nine smaller ones in four circles around it. There is a rectangular hole for emptying in the outside of the bowl near the rim. The sides are decorated with flowering plants and birds, and the top with flowering plants. There is a narrow line around the inner edge of the rim, and one at the junction of the foot and bowl
History note: Mr Hildyard, York Street, Westminster from whom purchased for £1.10s.0d. on 18 May 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 21.5 cm
Height: 9.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
Circa
1750
CE
The cullender could have been made in London or Bristol. the b owl was probably used for draining salads
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) Bowl Top
bluish-white Tin-glaze buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1572-1928
Primary reference Number: 72247
Old object number: 2395
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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