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Production: Barker, Thomas (Barker of Bath) (Probably)
Red stoneware with mould-applied sprigs. Cylindrical with shallow, curved shoulder, straight upward slanting spout, roll loop handle, and flat circular lid with a pierced ball knob. On each side is a man carrying a bird perched in a hoop at the end of a long staff followed by a woman with a parasol. The figures are enclosed in a framework of prunus-blossom and rococo scrolls, and there is similar ornament on the lid.
History note: Probably bought in London by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Beqiest
Height: 9.5 cm
Length: 7.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1760
CE
-
1767
CE
The applied sprigs match those on sherds found on the site of the Foley Pottery and it was possibly made by Thomas Barker who occupied a factory nearby in Fenton.
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Reliefs
dry-bodied Red dry-bodied stoneware
Accession number: C.460 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75175
Old object number: 1261
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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