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Satyr's Head Wall Pocket
Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
(Production)
White stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed. The wall pocket is roughly conical with waisted sides and a wavy top edge. The lower part of the front has a bearded satyr's head in relief with above, a central dolphin's head, flanked by bands of scrolls. The flat back is lower than the front at the top, and has three suspension holes arranged two over one.
History note: Mr Parkin, Brighton, from whom purchased on 2 October 1920 for £4 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Third quarter of 18th century
George III
Circa
1760
-
177
0177
Surface: composed of salt-glaze Front:
white Stoneware
Accession number: C.533-1928
Primary reference Number: 75446
Old object number: 3795
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Wall pocket"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75446 Accessed: 2022-01-24 20:37:03
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Accession Number: C.691-1928
Accession Number: C.540-1928
Accession Number: C.2412B-1928
Accession Number: C.58-1933
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