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Description: | Public:
Miniature cradle, red earthenware, decorated with slip-trailed portraits of Charles II and a commemorative inscription, in white and red slips beneath a lead glaze.
Private:
Long, rectangular cradle on two shallow rockers, with curved hood and tall footboard with scalloped rim. Button finials at each corner (broken either side of hood) for securing muslin cover. Head and foot relief-moulded with head and shoulders portrait of Charles II, details of features, hair, elaborate crown and neck ruff added in dark red and white slip, showing dark brown and cream through glaze. Smaller similar heads repeated three times along each side. Corner edges and hood decorated with borders of repeated circles and spots, hood inscribed 'IAMES TELLOR / 1673'.
Technique: hand-built
Technique: slab-built
Technique: press-moulding
Technique: slip-trailed
Technique: lead-glazed
Material: ceramics
Material: earthenware
cradle by James Tellor, 1673, (1923.152). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2374 | Go to resource |
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