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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted in blue. Cylindrical with a low skirt and very slightly recessed flat base, and an applied strap handle of oval section with a pinched terminal. The exterior is decorated on the front with a man giving a purse to a woman who holds out her apron to receive it. The figures are flanked by rococo style scrollwork with above, an oval medallion held up by putti, enclosing the name 'JANE/LANCHESTER', and below, a smaller oval medallion enclosing the date '1752'. On the left side there is a man carrying a basket in a landscape with a tree beside the handle, and on the right side, a woman carrying a basket in a landscape with a tree beside the handle. The back of the handle is decorated with strapwork.
History note: Harold Davis, London, from whom bought on 1 October 1928 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1752
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Body
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Accession number: C.1584-1928
Primary reference Number: 72263
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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