IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 75452 accession number: C.535A-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Off-white stoneware, press-moulded and salt-glazed. Circular with deep curved sides, standing on a footring. The decoration on the inside is in relief. In the middle there is a circular medallion enclosing a bird walking to the right with its head turned towards its back, surrounded by a wide latticework border. This is surrounded by eight panels separated by radiating lines, containing respectively: a huntsman with a hound, Danae amongst clouds over a unicorn, Cupid riding a lion with a swan below; a winged figure and an animal with a swan on its back over a heart flanked by figures; a fleeing figure and ? Cupid; a tea party scene with a large teapot or kettle below; a spread eagle; and a stag , a bird and a shield of arms. object type: white stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed title: saucer NOTES ----- type: history note value: Sotheby's, 17 December 1926, Continental Porcelain, Continental & English Pottery, Antique & decorative Furniture, part of lot 36 bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75452 SUBJECTS ------------------- unicorn unicorn TECHNIQUES ---------- white stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed press-moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- salt-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: white salt-glazed stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1745 - 1755 creation date earliest: 1745 creation date latest: 1755 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Staffordshire factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.4 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge English Saltglazed Earthenware. "Saltglaze" with the Notes of a Collector The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_535A_1928.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_535A_1928.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_535A_1928.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_535A_1928.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels