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Jug: C.6-1973

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: Old Hall Earthenware Company Ltd

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Description

Parian porcelain jug, slip-cast with applied decorations of heads of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Parian porcelain jug, slip-cast, with applied decoration. The elongated body has a trefoil lip and an Etruscan handle, and stands on a low foot. The sides are decorated respectively with relief heads of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in profile, with branches of laurel below. Round the lower part, above the foot, there is a calyx of upright pointed leaves, and above the portraits, applied fruiting vine clusters.

Notes

History note: From the Collection of A.N.L. Munby, Litt. D. (1828-1920)

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 21 cm
Width: 8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1973) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century, Late
Victorian
Production date: circa AD 1880 : This date needs investigation. Prince Albert died in 1861.

School or Style

Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Parian (porcelain)

Techniques used in production

Slip-casting : Parian porcelain, slip-cast

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1973
Primary reference Number: 40468

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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