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Punch bowl: C.1694-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Pottery: Vauxhall Pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow and red with Chinese figures and vases of flowers

Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. Circular with deep curved and sloping sides, standing on a footring. The interior is painted in blue with a central floral spray surrounded by seven groups of four dots. The outside is painted in polychrome with Chinese figures bending forward alternating with vases of flowers. Round the upper rim there is a border of sgraffito scrolls in a blue ground.

Notes

History note: Unidentified vendor in a village near Saffron Walden; Mr Bird of Saffron Walden from whom bought for £1.10s.0d. on 12 March 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.2 cm
Height: 11.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Early
Circa 1715 CE - 1730 CE

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and red)

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1694-1928
Primary reference Number: 72465
Old object number: 3629

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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