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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware with scratch-blue decoration and inscription 'Esther Eacot/1753'
Off-white stoneware, thrown with two applied handles on opposing sides, and incised 'scratch-blue' decoration executed before salt-glazing. The cup is of deep bell-shaped form with two strap handles on opposing sides.
History note: Cecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke (1864-1934); sold Puttick & Simpson, London 20-23 November 1934, Catalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery. The property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Revelstoke, lot 311
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
height 6 3/4 in; width 13½ in
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Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-11-20) by Puttick & Simpson
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
dated
AD 1753
Accession number: C.36-1934
Primary reference Number: 74678
Glaisher additions number: Gl.Add.53-1934
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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