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Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware with a powdered manganese ground and reserved figures of Neptune, Cupid and fish painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and decorated with powdered manganese-purple, and painting in blue, and a little brown. Circular with a sloping rim, curved sides, and flat centre, standing on a footring. The front is covered by a manganese-purple ground, except for nine reserved motifs painted in blue. Neptune stands in the middle holding a trident in his right hand and the tail of a dolphin in his left. Above him there is a horizontal fish and a winged Cupid holding a bow and arrow. Below him there are two horizontal fish and to the right and left, two vertical fish. The outer fish in each case being larger than the other. The edge is encircled by a reddish-brown line. The back has alternating blue II and O motifs.
History note: Davis and Davis, 29 High Street, Weston-Super-Mare, from whom bought for £2 10s.on 28 September 1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 25.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt) manganese oxide ( for powdering)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and decorated with powdered manganese-purple, and painting in blue, and a little brown; the glaze has some pooling on the back
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1591-1928
Primary reference Number: 72272
Old object number: 3274
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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