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Screw-top bottle: C.2068 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Westerald pottery

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Description

Greyish-buff stoneware, decorated overall with cut verti¬cal diaper pattern (Kerbschnitt), and salt-glazed. In the form of a barrel with a screw top with a loop handle through which is a loose ring. On the sides are four groups of three horizontal bands with Kerbschnitt between them. The shoulder is decorated with Kerbshnitt radiating from the neck. which has a screw for the top. The cover has a cylindrical lower part with vertical cutting, and an almost flat circular top with cutting radiating from the loop handle. The ring is decorated on both sides with indented circles surrounded by tiny holes, and on its outer edge has undecorated indented circles.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

12
Height: 20.7 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1799 CE

Note

Possibly made at Hohr in the Westerwald

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Ring Diameter 5.7 cm
Base Diameter 8.2 cm
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

greyish-buff Stoneware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2068 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73069
Old object number: 985
Dup. object number: C.2068 -1928

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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