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An important Lowestoft birth tablet, dated 1796

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An important Lowestoft birth tablet, dated 1796

Of circular form with a raised rim, painted in blue with a loop and line border, the centre inscribed 'MARY RUSHMER/ born Octr 29/ 1796' surrounded by feathery scrollwork, the reverse with a large peony spray, pierced for suspension, 7.3cm diam

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Provenance
Mrs Russell Colman Collection

Listed by A F B Kiddell, Inscribed and Dated Lowestoft Porcelain, English Porcelain Circle Trans, Vol.3 (1931), p.49 and by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.235, no.D.184. Illustrated by John Howell in his paper, Lowestoft Porcelain: The Final Decade, ECC Trans, Vol.17, Pt.2 (2001), pp.346-7, fig.49. Birth tablets are unique to the Lowestoft factory, made to commemorate the births of local children. Local records show that a Mary Rushmer(e) was born on 29th October 1796 in Frostenden, just a few miles south of Lowestoft. For a birth tablet similar in style also dated 1796 see Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1 (1975), no.16.

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