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Dish: Gl.C.48-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Potter: Unidentified Ticknall Potter (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware dish decorated with a radiating floral designand border in dark brown and cream slips and lead-glazed

Brown earthenware, the front with slip-trailed and partly marbled slip decoration, under lead glaze; the reverse unglazed. Circular with a deep well, slanting rim and crinkled edge. In the middle is a large formal rose with long sepals surrounded by tulips alternating with buds.The petals of the flowers are marbled. The rim is decorated to imitate a row of petals with pointed sepals between.

Notes

History note: Stated to have been in the possession of the Penistone family, Baslow, Derbyshire; Father of vendor; inherited by Miss Emmie G. Penistone of 33 Cobham Road, Chesterfield from whom; purchased for £25 on 27 May 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 44.4 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1800 CE

Note

The red body, distinct from the buff of the Bolsover wares, seems to indicate Ticknall as the place of origin.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( brown and cream)
Front Surface composed of lead-glaze
Front

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with cut corners and dark Prussian blue line round the edges

  • Text: 4850/Large slipware/bowl-shaped dish/with a symmetrical/design and tulips in/yellow & brown on a dark ground./b. May 27, 1915/Came from Baslow/inDerbyshire
  • Location: In middle of reverse
  • Method of creation: Hand-written
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: Gl.C.48-1928
Primary reference Number: 77073
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 4850

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 November 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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