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Pitcher: GL.C.1-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Description

Pitcher or chamber pot. Earthenware, lead-glazed inside.

Pitcher or chamber pot. Dark greyish-buff earthenware, covered on the inside only with a yellowish glaze. The vessels has abulbous body with a short, wide, flaring neck, a small spreading base, and loop handle with tjhree thumb impressions at the lower end. There are three incised horizontal bands round the shoulder, and the exterior of the neck is reeded below the rim.

Notes

History note: S.S. Pearce Collection; sold, Sotheby's, 3 March, 1898, Pearce Collection sale; purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 - 1700

Note

Found in Poole Harbour

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Inside composed of lead-glaze
Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GL.C.1-1928
Primary reference Number: 77022
Old object number: 795
Duplicate: GI.C.1-1928
Duplicate: [dup] Gi.C.1-1928

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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