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English earthenware jug

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An image of Jug. On the body, above a row of foliated crosses, is the inscription 'FOR EARTH I AM'. Earthenware, thrown body, with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 12.7, cm, circa 1600-1700. English, from Harlow, Essex.

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Jug. On the body, above a row of foliated crosses, is the inscription 'FOR EARTH I AM'. Earthenware, thrown body, with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 12.7, cm, circa 1600-1700. English, from Harlow, Essex.

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  • Accession Number: GL.C.38-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 793 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 446.99kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2013:04:02 10:05:11

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17th Century earthenware English Fitz_AA glazed handled inscriptions jug lead-glazed slipware Stuart Period

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