These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, painted underglaze in blue with Chinese landscapes.
Soft-paste porcelain cream jug, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue. The pear-shaped jug has a sparrow beak spout, wishbone handle with kick terminal, and stands on a wedge-shaped footring. The sides are moulded with beaded medallions entwined with daisy flowers, separated by vertical strips of trellis diaper. Each medallion encloses a painted Chinese river landscape, with a band of cell diaper round the rim.
History note: Merton Thoms Collection, sold Christie's, 11th February 1910, part of lot 182, 30 gns.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.0 cm
Width: 7.3 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: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Third quarter of 18th century
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
1768
CE
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3113-1928
Primary reference Number: 38311
Old object number: 3150, vol. 10
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Cream jug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38311 Accessed: 2023-06-08 06:21:15
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/38311
|title=Cream jug
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-08 06:21:15|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-38311
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa2/C_3113_1928_281_29.jpg"
alt="Cream jug"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Cream jug</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
