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Production: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue. Square with sloping sides and recessed and chamfered top and base. The top is pierced by five large circular holes with groups of three smaller holes between them. The holes are encircled by small spots, and a row of spots runs round the edges. Each side is painted with an Oriental landscape with a man in a boat, and a building beside a willow tree on an island. A narrow line encloses the scene
History note: Miss Samuel, 5 Gray’s Inn Lane, London by whom sold on 11 February 1897 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Top
Depth 12.1 cm
Width 12.1 cm
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Slab-building
: Buff earthenware, slab-built, pierced, tin-glazed bluish-white and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1578-1928
Primary reference Number: 72253
Old object number: 95
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Flower holder" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72253 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:12:51
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