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Jug: C.1210-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Dark buff stoneware, thrown and turned with applied strap handle, with traces of brown dip on the rim and handle and uneven mottled salt-glaze. The jug is cylindrical a pinched lip, one turned band below the lip, and three raised turned bands above the lower edge. The pulled strap handle has an upward kick at the lower end. The brown mottling of the glaze around the rim and on top of the handle probably indicate that these areas were dipped before firing.

Notes

History note: Mr S.J. Freeman, Cambridge, from whom purchased about 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.2 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
1700 CE - 1799 CE

Note

Although described by J.W.L. Glaisher, and by Bernard Rackham as a mug, this vessel has a lip and was probably therefore used as a jug.

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Diameter 7 cm
Body
Handle

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1210-1928
Primary reference Number: 71562
Old object number: 1269

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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