Current Location: In storage
Titles
Cambridgeshire Election Jug
Maker(s)
Factory:
Denby Pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware with brown dip, printed in black with inscriptions and busts of the successful Liberal candidates for Cambridgeshire in the Parliamentary election of 1906
Salt-glazed stoneware, with brown dip on the upper part , printed in black. Of squat ovoid shape with an escutcheon in relief on the front, a very broad trilobate mouth, and a strap handle with two vertical depressions and a rounded lower end. Decorated below the dipped area on the front with an inscription in black, ‘Memento of the Liberal Victories at the General Election/ in Cambridgeshire January 1906’ and over the escutcheon ‘The noblest/motive/is the /public good’. To the left are two bust portraits of the candidates, their name, constituency, and majority; E.S. Montague/West Cambs/Majority 513’ and’ S.G. Buckmaster/Borough/Majority 308’, and to the right, two more with similar inscriptions, C.D. Rose/East Cambs/Majority 783’ and’A.C. Beck/ North Cambs/Majority 1.045’.
Notes
History note: Private collection
Legal notes
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 15 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Denby
⪼ Derbyshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2006-07-17)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dating
20th Century, Early
Edward VII
Production date:
AD 1906
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
ceramic printing colour
( black)
Upper Part
composed of
brown dip
Spout-handle
Length 18 cm
Materials used in production
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Buff salt-glazed stoneware, moulded, with brown dip
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Memento of the Liberal Victories at the General Election/ in Cambridgeshire January 1906/The noblest/motive/is the /public good
- Location: Below the dipped area and on front
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Inscription
- Text: E.S. Montague/West Cambs/Majority 513
- Location: On extreme left of centre front below the first bust
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Inscription
- Text: S.G. Buckmaster/Borough/Majority 308
- Location: On left of centre front
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Inscription
- Text: C.D. Rose/East Cambs/Majority 783
- Location: To right of centre front
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Inscription
- Text: A.C. Beck/ North Cambs/Majority 1.045
- Location: On extreme right of centre front
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: in oval outline with a scalloped edge, the first and last words curved to fit it
- Text: BARRETT & SON, CHINA DEALERS,/30 MARKET PLACE, CAMBRIDGE
- Location: On the base
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Backstamp
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.30-2006
Primary reference Number: 131314
Entry form number: 818
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
