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Pottery: unidentified English pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Square with a large pinhole in the glaze near the lower right front corner, a rounded triangular depression in the lower left back corner, and numerous pin-holes all over the back. The front is painted with a chequer pattern with four blue and four white squares in each row. The back is initialled and dated '.T.S./1723'.
History note: Edward Sheldon Collection, 12 St Paul's Road, Kersal, Salford, Manchester; bought from Mr Sheldon for £10 on 9 February, 1928 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 1.8 cm
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
George I
Production date:
dated
AD 1723
Probably English, and could have been made in London, Bristol or Brislington
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
many pin-holes on the underside
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Earthenware rolled or batted out and cut into a square, tin-glazed and painted in blue
Inscription present: white paper stick-on label, rectangular with cut corners and narrow blue-black line edging
Accession number: C.1359-1928
Primary reference Number: 94042
Old object number: 4947
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Games board" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/94042 Accessed: 2024-12-18 14:26:00
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