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Factory: Coalport Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt. Decorated on the front with the arms of a member of the Fitzwilliam family.
History note: According to a letter of 9 February 1911 from the executors of the testator, this jug and its pair were given by Earl Fitzwilliam to his father who was his medical advisor. He was Richard Francis George, surgeon, of Bath, who later retired to Weston-super-Mare where he died on 4 December 1879; his son, the Rev. Hereford Brooke George, MA (1838-1910), Fellow of New College, Oxford.
Bequeathed by the Rev. H. B. George
Height: 8 in
Width: 5 1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1911-01-14) by George, Hereford Brooke, Rev.
19th Century, first half#
William IV
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( polychrome)
gold
Surface
composed of
glaze
Accession number: C.2A-1911
Primary reference Number: 74287
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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