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Dead Game Jug: C.1-1988

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Dead Game Jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Schiller & Gerbing
Factory: Schiller, W. & Söhne

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Description

Pale red earthenware, press-moulded in two halves with integral relief decoration, and covered in dark brown lacquer. In the shape of an oak trunk with a branch handle with crouching squirrel thumb-rest, wavy rim, and boar;s head spout. The sides are decorated with dear hares/rabbits, and game birds and ducks suspended from a leafy branch which encircles the body below the rim.

Notes

History note: Jess Applin Antiques, Cambridge from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Rylands Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 14 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bodenbach ⪼ Bohemia

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1988-02-01) by Jess Applin Antiques

Dating

Circa 1860 CE - 1885 CE

Note

Probably made either by Schiller & Gerbing or Schiller & Söhne. The jug imitates English relief-moulded stoneware jugs of the second half of the 19th century

Materials used in production

? Lacquer
pale red Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding
Coating

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: S & Co.
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: 18
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Number

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1-1988
Primary reference Number: 71534
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 17 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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