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Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware plate decorated with a crown and the date 1690
Earthenware, tin-glazed pale greenish-blue overall, and painted in slate blue and yellow, outlined in manganese-purple. Circular with curved sides, standing on a footring. Decorated with a crown surmounted by a cross, over '1690', and encircled by a narrow blue band round the edge
History note: Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased on 4 November 1908 for £4 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 19.9 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Production date:
dated
AD 1690
: dated
The Brislington pottery was run by Sarah Bennet II 1679-90 and from 1690-1730 by her husband Thomas Dickson
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( slate blue, yellow, and manganese-purple)
pale greenish-blue
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed pale greenish-blue overall, and painted in slate blue and yellow, outlined in manganese-purple
Accession number: C.1645-1928
Primary reference Number: 72379
Old object number: 2868
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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