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The Head of Charles II in an Oak Tree
Potter: Talor, William
Earthenware dish, slip-coated, slip-trailed in two shades of brown and cream, and lead-glazed; Charles II's head in the Boscobel Oak flanked by a lion and a unicorn
Pale red earthenware, thrown, and coated on the front with pale cream slip, and slip-trailed in dark brown and dark ochre, and 'jewelled' in pale cream slips under yellow lead-glaze. The reverse is unglazed. Circular with a broad slightly sloping rim, curved sides, and flat central area. A suspension hole has been bored in the rim close to the edge at the top. The well is decorated with the head of Charles II in the Boscobel Oak flanked by a lion rampant and a unicorn. The rim is decorated with a trellis border broken at the bottom by a panel containing the name 'WILLIAM .TALOR' trailed in dark brown, with a row of dark ochre crosses below it.
History note: The wife of Mr Guy Francis of Wynne’s Park, Denbigh; sold by Mr Francis to Mr Stoner who sold it for £90 on 13 December 1910 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 7.3 cm
Width: 44 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Circa
1660
CE
-
1680
CE
Front Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream, dark red-brown, pale red)
Front
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Front Surface
pale red Earthenware
Throwing : Red earthenware, thrown, coated in cream slip, slip-trailed in cream, dark red-brown, and dark ochre, and lead-glazed
Inscription present: the L looks more like a C
Accession number: C.216-1928
Primary reference Number: 73169
Old object nu ber: 3325
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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