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Hunting Jug: C.1213-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Hunting Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Smith, Thomas, potter (Probably)

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Description

Salt-glazed stoneware, the neck and shoulders dipped in brown, decorated with applied hunting and other sprigs, and inscribed on the front 'HERES TO THE MINE HONEST FRIEND/ HOPING THOSE HARD TIMES TO MEND/ J.D.

Stoneware, thrown, with applied moulded sprigs and impressed inscription, the upper part dipped brown, and salt-glazed. Ovoid body with flat base, cylindrical neck pinched at the front to create a projecting spout, and strap handle with TO BE COMPLETED

Notes

History note: Mrs Dawkins' sale at her house in Newmarket Road, Cambridge; Mr Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased for £2 on 29 November 1906.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 29.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Victorian
Circa 1840 CE - 1865 CE

Note

Attributed to Fulham by Rackham, but probably made by Thomas Smith who was at Princes Street, Lambeth c. 1836-67 and then moved to the Old Kent Road.

The initials JD may stand for J.Dawkins

The second initial may stand for Dawkins. The jug had been sold by a Mrs Dawkins, a widow, whose first husband had for a time kept a public house.

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Body
Reliefs
Upper Part

Materials used in production

Stoneware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1213-1928
Primary reference Number: 71570
Old object number: 2609

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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