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Copper lustre milk jug
Red earthenware, thrown and moulded parts applied then dipped in copper (gold) lustre.
Milk jug coated all over with copper lustre. Urn shaped body with a pronounced shoulder and rising, wide lip, loop handle and flat cone-shaped foot. The underside is fully lustred with a central indentation and a narrow foot-rim.
History note: Bought with a matching tea-pot from Smith in Wardour Street around 1899, for about £3, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 12 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Second quarter of 19th century
Circa
1830
CE
-
Circa
1840
CE
Decoration composed of lustre ( pink (gold)) Wjole composed of red earthenware Parts
Throwing : Thrown arthenware with moulded parts applied, dipped in lustre.
Lustring
Accession number: C.1177B-1928
Primary reference Number: 71461
Old object number: 1067
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.6-1983
Accession Number: C.1180-1928
Accession Number: C.1177 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.1181-1928
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