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Wine jug: C.1424-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Perhaps)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow, and yellow-ochre

Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow, and yellow-ochre. Globular bottle with short narrow neck with three horizontal grooves, and applied handle with concave exterior, and rounded interior, standing on a small foot which is concave underneath. The front is painted with a cartouche bearing the initials and date ‘B/TD/1660’.

Notes

History note: Sir John Evans Collection; sold Chrisitie's, London, 14 February 1911, Interesting collection of Lambeth pottery, Rhodian, Hispano-Mauro, and other faience . . . . Sir John Evans, lot 20; sold to Mr [probably Wilfred] Harding for 31 guineas; sold by Mr Harding for £35.16s to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 17.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, third quarter
Charles II
Production date: dated AD 1660

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, yellow, and yellow-ochre)
Visible Surfaces composed of tin-glaze
Body
Handle

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: B/TD/1660
  • Location: On the front
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1424-1928
Primary reference Number: 71981
Old object number: 3336

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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