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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware and painted in blue, green, and red with stylized floral sprays
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, and red. Circular with a conical foot supporting a circular bowl with a sloping rim. Three scrolls rise from the rim to support a plate. The top of the foot is decorated with stylized floral sprays, and has a narrow blue line above and below them and a wider band at its junction with the bowl. The top has a floral spray in the centre, surrounded by two concentric blue circles, plant motifs on the rim, and blue stripes on the scrolls.
History note: Mr Durancy George (a former bank manager), of Highcliff, Bournemouth, from whom purchased on 6 November 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1720s
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1730
CE
The salt was probably made in London but might possibly have been made in Brislington or Bristol
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, and red)
Horns
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1660-1928
Primary reference Number: 72402
Old object number: 4053
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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