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Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
unidentified Dutch pottery
(Perhaps)
Buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue. The flower holder has a flat back with a shaped top, pierced by a suspension hole. The lower part of the front is hemi-spherical with a projecting fin at centre. The domed top is pierced by a large semi-circular hole and seven small holes to take flower stems. The lower part of the front is decorated with flowering sprays, and the top with groups of grasses of graduated lengths. The reverse has a line running round the edge enclosing a bird perching amidst foliage within an outline. The underside is painted with a S.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13 cm
Width: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
The flower holder seems likely to have been made in either Bristol or Liverpool, but might be Continental, possibly Dutch
Decoraton
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Back
Decoration
Lower Part
Upper Part
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2526-1928
Primary reference Number: 73663
Old object number: 201
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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