IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72438 accession number: C.167B-1918 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Ironstone china printed underglaze in blue, and painted overglaze in red, green, and pale brown enamels. The jug has an octagonal bulbous body and straight-sided neck flaring slightly towards the projecting lip and shaped mouth. The handle is in the form of a dragon with its head curved round to the left onto the side of the neck. The exterior of the body and the inside of the neck are painted with flowering plants and foliage in 'Imari' or 'Japan' style, and the serpent handle has a pale brown head, a green exterior and a red underside. title: jug NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Ralph Griffin creditline: Given by Ralph Griffin,MA FSA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72438 CATEGORIES ------ category: earthenware category: ironstone (pottery) DATING ------ creation date: 1825 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1825 creation date latest: 1840 DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 9.6 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9 CITATIONS -------- Obituary Notices, Ralph Hare Griffin The Illustrated Guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone China: the related ware - 'stone china', 'new stone', 'granite china' - and their manufacturers --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_167B_1918_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_167B_1918_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_167B_1918_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_167B_1918_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_167B_1918_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_167B_1918_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_167B_1918_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_167B_1918_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels