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Pail Custard with Pierced Cover: C.3100.2 & A-1928

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Pail Custard with Pierced Cover

Maker(s)

Production: Spode

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Description

Bone china painted in Imari style

Bone china, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in red, green, and gold. The pail has deep slightly curved sides and a scalloped rim with two vertical handles pierced by heart-shapes. The low domed cover is pierced by twelve circular holes and has a flat button-shaped knob. The exterior of the pail is decorated with a continuous Oriental garden with fences and flower plants, and above it with a broad complex border of waves, scrolls, and plant motifs. The cover is decorated with a circle of flower heads and a narrower border. The top of the knob is gilded.

Notes

History note: Mrs J. Couch Adams, Cambridge; given by her on 1 July 1906 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.3 cm
Width: 7.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( red and green) cobalt gold
Cover

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Bone china, moulded in two parts, the cover pierced, glazed, and painted underglaze in blue, overglaze in red and green enamel, and gilded
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SPODE/967
  • Location: On base of pail
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3100.2 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 74378
Old object number: 2473

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 31 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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