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Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery (Probably)
Buff earthenware, press-moulded, and tin-glazed. The wall pocket is in the shape of a corncupia which curves to the right. The lower part of the front is moulded with twisting fluting and the upper part has three quatrefoils below the wavy rim. The flat back is pierced by two suspension holes. A pair with C.2412A-1928
History note: Bought in London about 1895 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS. Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
Circa
1750
CE
Front
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2412B-1928
Primary reference Number: 73468
Old object number: 313
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Wall pocket" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73468 Accessed: 2023-01-29 17:22:29
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Accession Number: C.691-1928
Accession Number: C.58-1933
Accession Number: C.2412A-1928
Accession Number: C.690B-1928
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