Posset Pot
ca. 1710 (made)
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Bell-shaped with three small vertical loop handles round the lower part. Below the rim rums a two tier inscription, in white, dotted brown slip on white ground. On the lower half of the body the handles alternate with vertical applied strips of brown clay with horizontal indentations. Between each handle and adjacent strip is a cross-hatched pine cone motif flanked by vertical leaves, executed in white slip on the blackish-brown body. The inside of the pot is lined with white slip.
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Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with trailed slip decoration |
Brief description | Posset pot of reddish earthenware covered with white and brown slips and with applied slip decoration. Made by Robert Pool. English, Staffordshire, about 1710. |
Physical description | Bell-shaped with three small vertical loop handles round the lower part. Below the rim rums a two tier inscription, in white, dotted brown slip on white ground. On the lower half of the body the handles alternate with vertical applied strips of brown clay with horizontal indentations. Between each handle and adjacent strip is a cross-hatched pine cone motif flanked by vertical leaves, executed in white slip on the blackish-brown body. The inside of the pot is lined with white slip. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'ROBART POOL MAD THIS CUP AND WITH A GUD POSET FIL' |
Gallery label | Posset pot
Made by Robert Pool, Staffordshire, about 1710
Inscribed: "ROBART POOL MAD THIS CUP AND WITH A GUD POSET FIL"
Lead-glazed earthenware with trailed slip decoration
C.24-1949 Given by Miss E Newmarch(23/05/2008) |
Credit line | Given by Miss E. Newmarch |
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Accession number | C.24-1949 |
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Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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