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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Possibly)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Buff earthenare, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. Cylindrical with a slightly recessed base, and a loop handle which is rounded on the outside. On its top there is a bear sitting up and holding a ragged staff. The sides are decorated with a cart containing two casks drawn by two horses in tandem, and standing to the left of it, two carters shaking hands. Both of them hold whips and the one nearest to the leading horse also holds a large tankard. Above the cart is a scroll inscribed 'G:oh. Pollard' and above the carters, another scroll inscribed 'Here's to you JEMMey'. Between the scrolls is a shield charged with three stags heads erased. The top edge is bordered by a cusped line with small stylized leaves below the cusps, and round the bottom edge there is a scalloped line. Down the back of the handle there is a stylized flower, and paired leaves separated by dots decreasing in size towards the lower terminal. The bear is blue with touches of manganese on its back and sides.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
This exceptionally well-painted mug was probably made in London or Bristol. The coat of arms on the front may have been an inn sign. The bear with a ragged staff was the badge of the Earls of Warwick, but is unlikely to indicate a direct connection with that family.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue (cobalt) and manganese-purple)
Bear
Body
Handle
bluish-white
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and black line on edge
Accession number: C.1582-1928
Primary reference Number: 72261
Old object number: 4210
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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