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Pottery: Vauxhall Pottery
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.
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
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 22.2 cm
Height: 11.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1715
CE
-
1730
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and red)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1694-1928
Primary reference Number: 72465
Old object number: 3629
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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