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Pottery:
Vauxhall Pottery
Proprietor:
Chilwell, Mary
(Possibly)
Proprietor:
Chilwell, Jonathan V
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, Octagonal with an almost flat rim, and deep circular centre, standing on a low footring. The front is decorated with a central medallion containing a lotus flower surrounded by eight petal-shaped panels each containing a lotus flower with a ground of close-set spirals. On the back of the rim there are four 'herbal sprigs' situated where the rim meets the well.
History note: Unknown before testator, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 11 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
This bowl or deep dish is a copy of a Chinese blue and white porcelain original of the Yongzheng period (1723-35). It was formerly attributed to Dublin, and later to Liverpool.
Decoration composed of cobalt
buff
Earthenware
slightly pinkish
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Buff earthenware, moulded, coated with slightly pinkish tin-glaze, and painted in blue; two peg marks and a flaw in the glaze where there would have been a third
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1749-1928
Primary reference Number: 72551
Old object number: 214
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Wash basin" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72551 Accessed: 2024-11-06 01:44:03
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