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Jug: C.1891-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified Langnau pottery

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Description

Pale brown earthenware decorated externally with marbled slip, and inside with cream slip under lead-glaze

Pale brown earthenware, thrown, decorated outside with marbled brown and cream slip and green, and inside with cream slip, and lead-glazed. The jug stands on a disk base. It has a bulbous lower part, a wide neck with a pinched spout, and an applied strap handle.

Notes

History note: Bought somewhere in East Anglia by Mr George Jennings an artist in Walberswick, who sold it to Mr Jolley, an antique dealer in Cambridge; bought on 16 February 1911 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.8 cm
Length: 18 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1880

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( brown, dark brown and cream)
Surface composed of lead-glaze
Base Diameter 10 cm
Body
Exterior
Interior

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1891-1928
Primary reference Number: 72815
Old object number: 3398

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 28 October 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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