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Teapot: C.2224 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Chiodo factory (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Sprayed with manganese-purple and decorated by a resist process in green and yellow.
Ovoid body standing on a low footring, with curved spout, double-twist handle, dividing at its base into spirals projecting on each side, and a domed cover with a narrow rim and acorn finial.
The shoulder and cover are each encircled by a continuous wavy stem of yellow and green flowers and foliage, reserved in a manganese ground which covers the whole pot with the exception of a ring round the foot and another round the edge of the cover. The finial and the edges of the cover, spout, and mouth are outlined in a darker shade of manganese. The base is marked in manganese with a lighthouse.

Notes

History note: Mrs R. Williamson, Ripon; unknown, Harrogate; B. Jolley & Sons, Cambridge, from whom purchased on 25 January 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * for £2.7.6

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 17.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1740 CE - 1770 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in manganese-purple, green and yellow)
Body

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2224 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 80789
Old object number: 3607

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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