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Description: | Artist: F. & R. Pratt & Co., factory; Date(s): circa 1855 - 1865; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, pot, moulding, earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [GPL.125 & A-1928]
Description: Pot and lid. The pot pale is buff earthenware, marbled on the esterior in grey. The lid is white earthenware decorated with a multi-colour underglaze transfer print. The cylindrical pot splays out slightly towards the base, which is recessed. At the top it has a ledge to support the cover, which is domed with a narrow rim. The cover is decorated on top with Girl with Grapes also known as Sharing the Gains inscribed 'MURILLO PINX' below; border Fig. VIII g.. The transfer-print has integral initials 'JA' for Jesse Austin (1806-79) at the bottom. On the base of the pot, printed in pink 'J GOSNELL & Co/L [indistinct LONDON] within an oval frame with a tied ribbon at the bottom, the name of the firm for whom the pot was commissioned. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | lead-glazed earthenware F. & R. Pratt & Co. pot | Temporal: | name=mid-19th Century; start=1855; end=1865 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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