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Cornucopia Wall Pocket: C.567-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cornucopia Wall Pocket

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

Brownish-black and white clay agateware, press-moulded in two halves, joined, and decorated with cobalt oxide before salt-glazing. The flower holder is in the shape of a cornucopia with wrythen fluting on the lower part, a wavy top, and a partly flat back pierced at the top by two holes for suspension. The front is decorated in cobalt with three broad short diagonal strokes, three spots, and a band round the top edge.

Notes

History note: Private collector; Mr S. Fenton, London, from whom bought for £10 on 25 January 1911 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1745 CE - 1755 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Holes

Materials used in production

brownish-black and white agateware Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Brownish-black and white clay agateware, press-moulded in two halves, joined, and decorated with cobalt oxide before salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.567-1928
Primary reference Number: 75539
Old object number: 3355
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 January 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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