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Baking dish. Earthenware, moulded, the front with trailed-slip decoration under a lead glaze; reverse unglazed. Rectangular with rounded corners and crinkled edge. In the middle is a horse saddled and harnessed walking to the left with the date '1787' above. His body is decorated with feather combing. In front of him and behind him there is a vertical wavy line, and behind him a more open wavy line.
History note: Purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher from G.H. Hennah's shop, God's Providence House, Watergate Row, Chester on 26 October 1911.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Length: 42.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Production date:
AD 1787
: dated
According to Mr Hennah, in a letter to Glaisher, dated November 4th, 1911, the dish came from Oswestry (Shropshire), but this may have referred to its provenance.
Front
composed of
lead-glaze
slip
Decoration
Press-moulding : Earthenware, with slip-trailed decoration under a lead glaze.
Accession number: GL.C.49-1928
Primary reference Number: 77074
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 4889
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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