Posset Pot
ca. 1700 (made)
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Posset pot of buff earthenware with slip decoration under a yellow glaze. Wide bell-shaped, with three equidistant loop handles and between them crinkled vertical bands. Decorated in slip in horizontal bands: 'ROBART SHAW' in brown with white dots and crisscross of white and brown, below a border of formal fronds in white dots on brown and at the base large brown dots and bold strokes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with trailed slip decoration |
| Brief description | Lead-glazed earthenware posset pot with trailed slip decoration. English, Staffordshire, ca. 1700 |
| Physical description | Posset pot of buff earthenware with slip decoration under a yellow glaze. Wide bell-shaped, with three equidistant loop handles and between them crinkled vertical bands. Decorated in slip in horizontal bands: 'ROBART SHAW' in brown with white dots and crisscross of white and brown, below a border of formal fronds in white dots on brown and at the base large brown dots and bold strokes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Robart Shaw' |
| Gallery label | Posset pot
Made in Staffordshire, about 1700
Inscribed: 'Robart Shaw'
Lead-glazed earthenware with trailed slip decoration
C.117-1938 Wallace Elliot Bequest (formerly Lomax Collection)(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Partridge (Lomax Collection, lot 73). |
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| Accession number | C.117-1938 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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