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Earthenware, press-moulded, the front coated in cream slip, slip-trailed in two shades of brown and lead-glazed. A heraldic rose supported by a unicorn and a lion, with initials RH above, and a plant below
Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce the outlines of the design in relief on the inside, which is coated in cream slip, and slip-trailed in two shades of brown, before lead-glazing. In the middle there is a heraldic rose supported by a lion on the right, and a unicorn on the left, with above the initials RH in relief, and a rosette, and below the rose, a stylized plant. The slip has run slightly under the yellowish glaze.
Notes
History note: Mr George Stoner, London, from whom purchased for £18.0.0 on 19 May 1905, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
35.6
Height: 5.6 cm
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Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early
Circa
1680
-
1720
Components of the work
Front Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream, medium and very dark brown)
Front Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Decoration
Front
Materials used in production
buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Buff earthenware, press-moulded over a hump mould to produce the outlines of the design in relief on the inside, which is coated in cream slip, and slip-trailed in two shades of brown, before application of yellowish lead-glaze. The exterior is undecorated and unglazed.
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with a dark turquoise blue line on the edges of three sides and a fleur de lis or leaf motif in the two upper corners
- Text: No 2307/Slipware( 'Toft')/dish commemorating/the Union of Engl/Scotland (1707)/Initials R.H./ b. in London May 19 1905
- Location: On reverse
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.189-1928
Primary reference Number: 72816
Old object number: 2307
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 June 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
