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Inkpot and pen case: C.493 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in two parts, the lower part pierced, and inscribed in red enamel. Cylindrical ink pot with double walls, the outer wall pierced with perforations in the shape of the four different pips of a pack of cards within semi-circles of small holes. The cylindrical neck of the pot has a thread onto which the lid screws. The lid forming a sheath for a quill pen, is of tapering cylindrical form with a rounded end. On the base of the pot the initials and date 'H:P/1757' are painted with double lines in dark red enamel.

Notes

History note: Hasler/Hawley (?), a dealer at Boscombe, on 30 April 1917 for £20 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 17.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Production date: dated AD 1757

Note

The manufacture involved the forming of a screw thread to join the two parts, a rare feature in white salt-glazed stoneware.

Components of the work

Inscription composed of enamel ( dark red)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Diameter 4.1 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: letters have double outlines

  • Text: H:P/1757
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.493 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75290
Old object number: 3744

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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