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Jug: C.2023-1928

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Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Frechen pottery

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Description

Brown salt-glazed stoneware with an applied bearded mask on the front of the neck

Grey stoneware, thrown, witha white applied moulded mask, and handle, coated with iron-brown wash (slip), and salt-glazed. The jug is ovoid with a short narrow neck and small loop handle with a longitudinal depression on the exterior. On the neck is a long-haired and bearded mask of unusual form, with a figure 8 impressed on the shoulder below it. The glaze is heavily mottled, the wash has dribbled around the sides, several areas have fired reddish brown, there are several large and small dents and scars, and on one side, a large heavily encrusted scar with smaller encrustations above it, acquired during firing.

Notes

History note: Nyburg, a foreign dealer, in Hanley Street, London (?), whom bought for £3.0.0. about 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 32.6 cm
Height: 55.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Frechen ⪼ Rhineland ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 - 1699

Note

This is an exceptionally large example of a bearded mask jug or bottle (Bartmannkrug)

Components of the work

Surface composed of iron-brown wash ( or 'dip') salt-glaze
Base Diameter 18 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

grey Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2023-1928
Primary reference Number: 73023
Old object number: 674
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 18 October 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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