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Pottery:
Pickleherring Pottery
Proprietor of pottery:
Newnham, Richard
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with the arms and motto of the Apothecaries' Company
Buff earthenware tin-glazed painted in blue. The jug has a bulbous body with pinched up lip, and on either side of it, a small embossment to simulate an eye; a grooved loop handled divided in the form of a fleur-de-lys at the lower end; and stands on a low foot. Both rim and foot mounted in silver. Decorated on the front with the full arms of the Apothecaries' Company with motto: 'OPIFER:QVE:PER: ORBEM:DICOR'; at the sides and on the neck, sea-shore scenes with buildings and sailing-ships. Two narrow borders of leafy scrollwork encircle the foot. Belowthe handle are the initials and date 'E.V/1650'. The mounts bear the London hallmark for 1844.
History note: J.E. Hodgkin Collection;sold by the executors to Mr Wilfred Harding to Mr Wilfrid Harding, London, from whom purchased for £70 on 17 September 1913 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.7 cm
Height: 9 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Commonwealth
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
: dated 1650; mounts 1844
The initials EV associate the jug with the Varenne, a French Huguenot family of apothecaries who practised in London in the 17th and 18th century. Several members of the family were named Ezekiel.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Mounts
composed of
silver
Body
Accession number: C.1311-1928
Primary reference Number: 71770
Old object number: 3648
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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