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Ornament with Bird Whistle
Pottery: Unidentified
Slip-coated earthenware streaked with manganese-brown under lead-glaze
Red earthenware, covered with white slip and streaked with manganese-brown under yellowish lead-glaze. A large bird resembling a pigeon is perched on a conical base from which project two horizontal perches with four smaller birds upon them. The pigeon's tail is pierced to form the mouthpiece of a whistle or hooter.
History note: Jolley's, Cambridge, from whom bought in 1901 or 1902 with a pair for 35 shillings (£1.15s.0d.) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Second half of 18th or 19th century
Circa
1750
-
1899
The origin of this ornament is uncertain, but comparable examples have been attributed to Halifax in Yorkshire.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
manganese oxide
( streaked)
Colouring
Surface
red-brown Earthenware
Slip-coating : Red earthenware, slip-coated, streaked with manganese-brown, and lead-glazed
Accession number: C.441-1928
Primary reference Number: 75101
Old object number: 1461
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.179-1932
Accession Number: O.45-1946
Accession Number: C.434-1928
Accession Number: GR.138.1923
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