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About this object

  • Maker:

    Fulham Pottery

  • ID:

    97.90/29

  • Production date:

    c. 1673-1674

  • Location:

    In Store

  • In 1672, John Dwight set up a pottery in Fulham. He became the first Englishman to make stoneware, produced by firing clay at very high temperatures. He copied ‘Cologne ware’, a German stoneware that was imported into England. In 1676, the Glass Sellers’ Company agreed to buy the whole of his stoneware production for three years. In the 1970s, excavations at Fulham revealed the extent of Dwight’s wares and experiments.  < ...Read more

  • Measurements

    H 33 mm; W 15 mm; D 6 mm (overall)

  • Materials

    ceramic; porcelain

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

  • Related Person

    Dwight, John

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