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James Hall Brazier jug: C.1109-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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James Hall Brazier jug

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Description

Dark earthenware mug with manganese iron glaze and oil colours.

Jug with pointed lip and loop handle. Covered with shiny black glaze and decorated with gold and oil colours. On the front, in gold, ‘Iames Hall Brazier Oversly-Green’. On either side a bunch of moss-rosebuds in colours. Round the top and foot, feathery scrolls in gold.

Notes

History note: Bought from the Sheldon Collection, in December 1925, for £15, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928

Measurements and weight

Height: 17.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid-Late
Circa 1740 - Circa 1770

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze ( black)

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1109-1928
Primary reference Number: 71327
Old object number: 4752
Old object number: 1797
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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