15929843120001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75185170249418872715948523190001702494118070fitz-onlineadlib-object-75185https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75185d9f0f7b6-3e10-3914-a144-d68efa4eab894referenceagent-190602adlib-agent-1906024f60526f-486b-3bab-89ad-b25d52d53a3fAbington, James Leonardreferenceagent-190631adlib-agent-19063161f61922-53e6-3edd-8f84-36df5942fd23Ridgway, Edwardreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-107644adlib-term-107644e79751e0-f2fc-3ca2-a955-cc60b31daebbsmear-glazed stonewareWidthcm14Shoulder To Handlereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsPale greenish-grey, relief moulded, smear-glazed, stoneware.Press-moulded jug with relief decoration and standing on a narrow dodecagonal base. The sides of the jug spread out towards a high shoulder and a cylindrical neck, which flares towards the rim and spout. The sides are decorated with six oval strapwork panels, each containing, in turn, the leaves and fruit of vines, hops and barley or corn. Below each panel is an oval shield flanked by foliate scrolls. A strapwork border runs around the neck. The handle is angular, with scrollwork decoration. The outside is smear glazed; the interior is fully glazed and shiny. The underside is recessed and smear-glazed.C.46-19811accession numberC.46-198175185priref75185urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75185https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75185Diamond shape with 'Rd' in the centre, 'w' in the left corner, 'u' in the top corner, '7' in the right corner, and 'I' in the bottom corner. Above the diamond a small circle with 'IV'.underside of basemoulded with the bodymarkunderside of baseimpressed21marktwo small parallel linesunderside of baseincised'll'markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Countess Shelagh S. Rietberg, Cambridge, 1981referenceagent-166432adlib-agent-16643246431f0b-ebf0-3857-9a9c-c73542adfde6Rietberg, Shelagh, Countess198119811981givenEntry date: 1981-10-1218481848CE1848circa1848185011850CE18501850productionreferenceagent-160980adlib-agent-1609807a83d9b5-7352-3ae3-9950-be68d6de8d1cRidgway & Abingtonreferenceagent-190601adlib-agent-1906018a43a61b-26ec-3dfe-978f-290165b4d453William Ridgway & CoIn October 1849 the Art Journal noted that Ridgway & Abington ‘are famous for their manufacture of water and beer jugs, which are, in almost all cases, admirable examples of design and execution’. However, a reviewer in the March-August 1849 Journal of Design and Manufactures was less complimentary about this jug’s design, writing: 'The principal defects of form are, that the curve of the lower portion is rather high shouldered, and that the handle is surprisingly ugly. The whole surface is a little too uniformly covered with enrichment, and in some places the lines are rather too crowded and huddled together. The ornament, consisting of hop, vine, and barley, is, however, prettily modelled’. He also felt the architectural regularity of the panels was at odds with ‘the artistic mode of production’ on the potter’s wheel.Relief moulded jugs were popular in mid 19th Century homes. The smear-glazing makes the most of the way that colour-stained clays show off crisply-moulded ornament, whilst the stoneware would be durable in an everyday setting. There are several examples in the Fitzwilliam Collection. Here, the jug’s vine and hop design indicates its function as a jug for a jug for beer or wine. The same jug was made in buff and white stoneware.The Ridgway family produced stoneware and porcelain in Staffordshire from the 1790s until the 20th Century. Trained by their father, Job, the brothers William and John already had a reputation for drab (coloured) stoneware decorated with applied relief sprigs when William Ridgway established Church Works, Hanley, in 1831. He was also a noted philanthropist, building alms houses and a school for local children – many of whom he employed in his potteries. With his partner James Leonard Abington and (later) his son Edward, by 1843 he operated six pot-works in Hanley and Shelton. The business became known for its relief-moulded jugs, for which it is likely that Abington was the modeller, and was re-named Ridgway & Abington in 1845. One of the first to offer such jugs, in the early 1830s, they produced some 26 designs over the next 30 years. 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imagereferenceterm-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugbeer jugwine jughistory noteCountess Shelagh S. Rietberg, Cambridge1referenceobject-107884adlib-object-107884cdb968dd-3b15-3d06-8cac-4878337945ec1reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-74967adlib-object-749673f720211-74d0-36d8-b84e-b31ca2847cbb1reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-75217adlib-object-752172fe67377-83e2-3f03-beaf-8a5ca60559ba1reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-75252adlib-object-752523bc3e7fa-84eb-349f-bbc1-64b427ea60a81reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-75657adlib-object-7565745c734ed-b498-310e-b6f5-63e2ba3516291reference1term-68009adlib-term-6800991f3a501-d5d5-3088-afd6-87f5515a9250candlestickcandlestick1referenceobject-75578adlib-object-75578ceca75af-141e-34b1-aaec-504643be73a61reference1term-91080adlib-term-91080a8289e14-aa5b-3c51-aa56-05718e907be0dessert dishdessert dish1referenceobject-76974adlib-object-76974d29076d5-94b0-3c2a-a2ae-9f3613296ef31reference1term-98879adlib-term-98879a807b416-0933-32ec-ac29-34611d921ed9reliefrelief1referenceobject-71533adlib-object-7153352716005-14ff-364a-b7e9-c335626bb4531reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-136937adlib-object-13693753e211de-7745-3c10-973b-d70ea15fd3ff1reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjug1referenceobject-75678adlib-object-756780326bc43-a84a-38d2-97fa-32d54662a1001reference1term-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjugreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. The design for this jug was illustrated and reviewed, see p. 85. The reviewer was not impressed: 'The principal defects of form are, that the curve of the lower portion is rather high shouldered, and that the handle is surprisingly ugly. The whole surface is a little too uniformly covered with enrichment, and in some places the lines are rather too crowded and huddled together. The ornament, consisting of hop, vine, and barley, is, however, prettily modelled. We are not quite sure whether it is right to introduce such regular architectural compartments into the design of a vase; it destroys so completely the original association of pottery with the potter's wheel, the artistic mode of production, and reduces it to the cast and moulded, i.e. the mechanical mode of production. This may, however, be prejudice on our part.'p. 85referencepublication-200001183adlib-publication-20000118348017b92-9496-3c4b-b866-203fccb01004The Journal of Design and ManufacturesCf. Engraving of this design from the above journal, pl. 55; discussed below plate.p. 70referencepublication-2707adlib-publication-27077930037b-b9e9-33ee-9c08-7542049d8e4eRelief-Moulded Jugs 1820-1900Ref. also information about Ridgway sprig decorated stoneware (illustrated p.144, V&A no.C.38&A, made 1810-20).143-145, 182, 184referencepublication-5541adlib-publication-55415f1c299b-a6dd-3621-9e7b-128c00e539b3English Pottery 1620-1840Cf. examples of Ridgway & Abington jugs; also information about William Ridgway’s products (Chapter IV) and pages from the company’s pattern book showing designs for relief-moulded products, including jugs, along with matching examples (Plates 109-113).34-35, 62, 78referencepublication-7642adlib-publication-76421ff01b51-3986-38b9-88b9-b10e6c2c537bIllustrated Guide to Ridgway Porcelainsreferencepublication-7643adlib-publication-7643739360c2-8112-32c7-a914-bb9bdf270094Victorian Relief-Moulded Jugsreferencepublication-2669adlib-publication-2669aa0d3603-2ba6-3e9d-90d9-3f0d5506093fEncyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuriesplantreferenceterm-58552adlib-term-585520847620f-ed8c-3b0a-89ba-5624a602f7bbvinesplantreferenceterm-109776adlib-term-10977638e62d0f-dade-3526-817e-6c37b0f5b8c9hopsplantreferenceterm-108163adlib-term-1081632c275e71-44b6-36ea-87d6-0e10404c1cddbarleyliteralvinesvinesliteralhopshopsliteralbarleybarleyreferenceterm-89400adlib-term-89400194f8c99-93e1-30de-9465-9209222dafaajugjugPress moulded, smear glazed stoneware; glazed interior.referenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-120088adlib-term-120088ee29feb5-38c9-382d-a47a-43187a884bf1smear-glazingJug with vine, hops & barley reliefobject
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