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Posset pot: GL.C.51-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Unknown (Perhaps)

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Description

Posset pot. Earthenware with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze. Lower part of pot and base unglazed. Bulbous body with wide flaring mouth and four loop handles (one missing). Round the top the inscription: 'A Present for Thomas Bryan's Wife April 16th 1817'. Below, between the handles, a spray of flowers and rough interlaced or other designs.

Notes

History note: Found by the vendor to Glaisher in use as a flower pot at 'Barton-on-Trent quite near the Ticknall pottery'. Purchased in Nottingham by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, 1907

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 28 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Early
Production date: AD 1817 : dated

Note

No concrete evidence that this pot came from Ticknall. It was said by the vendor to have been found in use as a flower-pot at 'Barton on Trent quite near the Ticknall pottery'.

Components of the work

Inside And Outside composed of lead-glaze ( except lower part of pot and base)
Decoration composed of slip
Body

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A Present for Thomas Bryan's Wife April 16th 1817
  • Method of creation: Slip-trailed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GL.C.51-1928
Primary reference Number: 77076

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 18 February 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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