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Flower brick: C.1594-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware with a powdered manganese ground and circular reserves painted in blue with flowers.

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and decorated with a powdered manganese ground and painting in blue. Rectangular with recessed top and base. The top has a central square aperture flanked by groups of six small circular holes. The sides are decorated with two circular reserves and the ends with one, all painted in blue with sprays of flowers. The top has two reserves in the shape of carnations outlined in blue, and a border round the central aperture.

Notes

History note: Not known before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 7.0 cm
Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 14.7 cm

Relative size of this object

14.7 cm8.2 cm7 cm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Bristol ⪼ Somerset ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa 1740 CE - Circa 1750 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( manganese-purple and blue from cobalt)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, probably slab-built, tin-glazed and decorated with a powdered manganese ground, and painting in blue

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1594-1928
Primary reference Number: 72277
Old object number: 55
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 17 October 2018 Last processed: Tuesday 14 February 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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