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Railway Mug
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed underglaze in brown, and painted overglaze in green and yellow enamels. Cylindrical with a slightly projecting incurved base, and ear-shaped reeded strap handle. The exterior is decorated with a railway train travelling to the left through a landscape with hills, trees, a cottage, and a church with a spire. The locomotive, labelled 'DEAKIN', is followed by a small open truck for the coal, two first class closed passenger coaches, and four persons in a barouche on an open truck. On the base, printed in blue, there is a small cinquefoil.
History note: Mr Hyam 158 Brompton Road SW from whom bought on June 6, 1911 for £5 with four other railway mugs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
William IV
Victoria I
Circa
1835
CE
-
1845
CE
Decoration composed of enamel ( green and yellow) ceramic printing colour
Accession number: C.1152-1928
Primary reference Number: 71423
Old object number: 3409
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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