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Pottery:
Aldgate Pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the upper surface and painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese. Within a medallion framed by blue and manganese concentric circles, a long-tailed bird struts to the left, painted in blue, green, yellow; in the corners, a blue simplified fleurs-de-lys.
History note: From a building in Saffron Walden, where purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, Late
17th Century, Early#
Elizabeth I
James I
Circa
1571
CE
-
Circa
1620
CE
Formerly attributed to the Netherlands, where similar medallion tiles were made, but probably English, made either at Aldgate between c. 1571-1615 or at Pickleherring pottery in Southwark ac. 1620.
These tiles came from an unidentified location in Saffron Walden, Essex. Tiles with comparable designs were made in the Netherlands, but many examples executed in London have the same manganese-purple band framing the medallion and similar corners, which suggests that they were made in England.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2840F-1928
Primary reference Number: 74115
Old object number: 597
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.2840-1928
Accession Number: C.2840D-1928
Accession Number: C.2840C-1928
Accession Number: C.2840B-1928
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