IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72221 accession number: C.1559-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 3 August 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Buff earthenware thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue; the underside is a glass insertion, probably original. The mug is cylindrical with an applied loop handle which is of oval section with a rounded terminal. The exterior is painted with a naval officer in uniform, Admiral Rodney, kneeling and kissing the hand of George III, who holds in his left hand a scroll inscribed 'Jn STR' (last letter indistinct). The action is taking place in a room with a tiled floor, a long curtained window on the left, and a seascape with ships hanging on the wall to the right of the king. The scene has a curved borders of flowers and foliage on each side, and the back of the handle is also decorated with flowers and foliage. On either side of the handle terminal are the initials and date 'T C/17 83'. A narrow criss-cross border runs round the edge of the base. object type: tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, with an inserted glass bottom title: mug NOTES ----- type: history note value: Mr F.C. Furphey, Sale, Cheshire from whom bought on 21 October 1910 for £3.10 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72221 CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: English delftware DATING ------ creation date: 1783 - 1783 creation date earliest: 1783 creation date latest: 1783 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Lambeth High Street Pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 12.5 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Dated English Delftware Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Later London delftware 1780-1810 Ceramic, Art and Civilisation --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_281_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_1559_1928_20_281_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_281_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_1559_1928_20_281_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_282_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_1559_1928_20_282_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_282_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_1559_1928_20_282_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_283_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_1559_1928_20_283_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_283_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_1559_1928_20_283_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_284_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/mid_C_1559_1928_20_284_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/C_1559_1928_20_284_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa27/preview_C_1559_1928_20_284_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels