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Bear holding a dog in its forepaws
Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with rouletting, in the form of a bear holding a dog
Off-white stoneware, thrown in two parts wth applied ears, muzzle, tongue, limbs, and tail, rouletted decoration, and salt-glaze. The bear's body is slightly waisted and has a plain cylindrical neck at the top and two zones of horizontal bands of rouletted decoration with a plain area between them. The base has concentric bands of rouletting. The head is made separately to serve as a cup. It is decorated with concentric bands of rouletting and has a circular hole pierced in the muzzle to take a ring. The bear holds a small snarling dog in its ribbon-like forepaws.
History note: Mr Cater, Colchester; Mrs Cater; sold Sotheby’s, 23 July 1925, Pottery, Porcelain and Glass, lot 46; bought for £6 by Hunt on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
-
1760
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Body
Depth 11.8 cm
Width 9 cm
Body And Heaad
Decoration
Features And Dog
off-white Stoneware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut upper corners
Accession number: C.498 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75300
Old object number: 4576
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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