Factory: John Aynsley Ltd
Bone china, with clear and pale yellow glaze, decorated in royal blue and yellow, and gilt; part of a set C.16.1-5-2009
Bone china, slip-cast, with clear and pale yellow glazes, painted (probably) in royal blue and yellow enamels, and gilt. Urn-shaped with shallow incurved shoulder with projecting lip, and harp-shaped handle, standing on a low foot. The exterior has pale yellow glaze, and is decorated below the shoulder with royal blue, yellow and gold geometrical-cum-star motifs. There are gold bands round the rim, shoulder and foot, and the back of the handle is gilded.
History note: Given to Ernest and Freda Walton, as a wedding present in 1934 by John and Elizabeth Cockcroft
Given by the Walton Family
Height: 13 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (2009-10-12) by The Walton Family
Second quarter of 20th century
1930s
George V
Circa
1933
CE
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1934
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( royal blue and yellow)
gold
Foot
Diameter 5.5 cm
clear and pale yellow
Glaze
Bone china
Slip-casting
: Bone china, slip-cast, with clear and pale yellow glazes, decorated in royal blue and yellow, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.16.2-2009
Primary reference Number: 169700
Entry form number: 1028
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Milk jug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169700 Accessed: 2023-06-10 03:09:54
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-10 03:09:54|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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