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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White stoneware, press-moulded and salt-glazed. The wall pocket is moulded in the form of a woman's face with a bow at the top. The top of her head is surrounded by acanthus leaves with three holes pierced through those in the middle. The lower part of the face is flanked by scrolls and below these is a bunch of acanthus foliage terminating in a point.
History note: Milner-Gibson-Cullum Collection, Hardwick Hall, Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk, sale in week ending 30 June 1924; sold to Mr Worlaton from whom purchased on July 1, 1924 for £2 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS., Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 31 cm
Width: 21 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
1755
-
1770
Wall pockets for flowers of this design were probably made by several Staffordshire potters, such as Thomas Whieldon,at Fenton Vivian, or Thomas and John Wedgwood, at Burslem.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Front
white Stoneware
Accession number: C.540-1928
Primary reference Number: 75464
Old object number: 4392
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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