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English harvest jug with unicorns and birds

Image attached to Gl.C.58-1928

An image of Harvest Jug. Unknown maker, North Devon. On the front flanked by two unicorns and two birds, is a bust with the initials and date 'CL 1703/4'. Below the handle is a tulip, and, on the neck, flowers. Round the shoulders is the inscription 'now I am com for to supply youre workmen/when in haruist dry when they doe Labour harde and sweat/good drink is better for then meate: in winter time when it is coold/i Likewise then good drinke can hould: booth seasons doe the same require/and most men doe good drinke desire'. Earthenware/sgraffito ware, the body thrown, slip-coated, and incised under lead glaze, height, whole, 29.2, cm, dated 1703-1704.

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Harvest Jug. Unknown maker, North Devon. On the front flanked by two unicorns and two birds, is a bust with the initials and date 'CL 1703/4'. Below the handle is a tulip, and, on the neck, flowers. Round the shoulders is the inscription 'now I am com for to supply youre workmen/when in haruist dry when they doe Labour harde and sweat/good drink is better for then meate: in winter time when it is coold/i Likewise then good drinke can hould: booth seasons doe the same require/and most men doe good drinke desire'. Earthenware/sgraffito ware, the body thrown, slip-coated, and incised under lead glaze, height, whole, 29.2, cm, dated 1703-1704.

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  • Accession Number: GL.C.58-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 75
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 836 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 216.57kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2014:03:13 16:36:45

Key words

18th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Stewart Period Stuart Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd birds bulb bulbous earthenware glazed handled harvest jug incised inscribed inscriptions jug language lead-glazed pottery sgraffito slip slip-coated slipware spout spouted texts thrown unicorn vessel writing written yellow

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rgb(79,59,37), rgb(199,145,53), rgb(129,85,27), rgb(222,222,221), rgb(136,132,129), rgb(227,188,128), rgb(178,148,119), rgb(135,111,76), rgb(173,172,172), rgb(251,204,92), rgb(193,177,168)

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