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Drug pot: C.5-1901

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Southwark Pottery (Probably)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dispensing pot.

Buff earthenware tin-glazed. Of albarello form with uneven, bulging sides.

Notes

History note: Probably James Smith, Whitechapel, London; the number 12 in the inscription on the pot may refer to its lot number in Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge's sale of 1901. Record of donation not found, 1981. It is possible that the pot was acquired by Dr Glaisher at the James Smith Sale among a box of fragments he records having bought, and was later bequeathed by him as part of his collection in 1928, rather than having been donated by an unknown person in in 1901.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 3.6 cm
Height: 4.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown (1901) by Unknown

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, with very speckly tin-glaze, now discoloured, probably by burial

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JS/C/12/1901
  • Location: On the side
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black ink
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.5-1901
Primary reference Number: 75371

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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