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Probably
Unidentified Lambeth Pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with Oriental marine landscapes
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed slightly greenish-blue 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. All the sides are painted with an Oriental marine landscape featuring a house and tree on an island
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
Depth: 12.1 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 12.1 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Third quarter of 18th century
George II
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) Top
buff Earthenware slightly greenish-bluish white Tin-glaze
Slab-building : Buff earthenware, slab-built, pierced, tin-glazed slightly greenish-bluish white, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1579-1928
Primary reference Number: 72254
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Flower holder"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72254 Accessed: 2022-06-29 02:28:54
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