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Flower urn: C.1665-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Possibly)

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and manganese-purple. Of bell-shaped vase form with two volute handles of rolled and grooved clay, standing on a domed hollow foot. Both sides are decorated with flowers and leaf motifs in green, orange, yellow nd manganese-purple. The rim is encircled by a yellow band between two wide and two narrow blue bands, and there are similar bands around the lower edge. The foot has radiating stiff leaves in red and blue and a row of red scrolls around the edge.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.9 cm
Height: 9 in

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

Note

Formerly attributed to Bristol

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and manganese-purple)
Body
Handles

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1665-1928
Primary reference Number: 72414
Old object number: 273

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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