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Teapot: C.2228 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Maiolica teapot painted in polychrome high-temperature colours

Earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese.
Ovoid body, standing on a low foot ring, with curved spout, double twist handle, and domed cover with narrow rim, surmounted by a knob.
On one side there are polychrome flowers and foliage springing from yellow rococo scrolls; on the other, a smaller motif of a similar type; and next to the spout, painted in manganese, a coat-of-arms: below a coronet, a shield, charged with a lion rampant crowned holding a palm branch, flanked by baroque scrollwork. The spout is decorated with scrolls and flowers, and the handle with sprays of leaves. The mouth of the pot and the end of the spout are outlined in yellow, and there is a manganese band round the foot. The cover bears the same coat-of-arms with two flower and scroll motifs. On the knob is a yellow spot with four green leaves radiating from it.

Notes

History note: Purchased at Stamford, Lincolnshire, by Col. and Mrs W.D. Dickson of Eastbourne, and given to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher on 11 October 1922

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 17.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1750 CE - 1770 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese)
Body

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2228 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73266
Old object number: 3965

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 3 July 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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