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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with a Chinese figure and floral sprays
Buff earthenware, probably slab built, tin-glazed bluish-white on the visible surfaces, and painted in blue. Octagonal with slightly rounded corners and a flat top with a central cylindrical neck to take a cover, now missing. Two sides are decorated with Chinese standing figures holding the stem of a floral spray which continues over the flat top. The ends and corners have vertical floral sprays. The unglazed base is inscribed in blue 'august 15/AA/1767'.
History note: Alfred Trapnell, Great Chalfield, Wollstonecroft Road, Bournemouth; his sale, Christie's, 19 March, 1914, Catalogue of porcelain, objects of art and silver-mounted vessels, part of lot 400; bought by Mr Harding for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 8.3 cm
Length: 6.3 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1767
Probably made in either London or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
tin-glaze
( bluish-white)
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1590-1928
Primary reference Number: 72271
Old object number: 4883
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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