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Porringer: C.1905-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

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Description

Earthenware, the bowl and cover with double walls, the outer one pierced with a geometrical pattern, splashed with manganese-brown under dark yellowish lead-glaze

Buff earthenware, double-walled bowl and cover, the outer wall of both pierced with a geometrical pattern, and streaked with dark manganese-brown under dark yellow lead-glaze. The bowl stands on a footring, and has deep curved sides and horizontal lugs. The glaze and colour have run into a dark pool on the interior. The circular cover has a serrated upstanding edge, and a flat, undecorated underside. The pierced wall is domed and has an upstanding circle of adjacent volutes around the openwork double bun shaped knob The glaze and colour has pooled within the volutes.

Notes

History note: Not known before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late
Circa 1780 - 1800

Note

Attribution to Langnau uncertain

Components of the work

Surface composed of lead-glaze
Decoration composed of manganese oxide
Foot Diameter 11.3 cm
Cover Diameter 18.6 cm
Both Parts
Outer Walls

Materials used in production

Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1905-1928
Primary reference Number: 72838
Old object number: 1981

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 November 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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