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Satyr's Head Wall Pocket
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
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
18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa
1760
-
177
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
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Satyr's Head Wall Pocket" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75446 Accessed: 2025-06-16 15:06:51
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