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Harvest flask: C.341-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown

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Description

Red earthenware, partly coated with white slip and inlaid in white clay under yellow lead-glaze. Barrel-shaped with a spigot hole in the middle of one side of the uncoated central zone, flanked by the name, ‘JOHN LOFTEY’ and date, ‘AUGUST 18. 1811’, and triangular arrangements of stars, all inlaid in white clay.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
Production date: dated AD 1811

Note

Inlaid decoration is a typical characteristic of Sussex slipware. Possibly this barrel belonged to a John Lofty born about 1777 at Ticehurst in East Susex or another member of that family

School or Style

Country Pottery

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: name one side of the bung hole and the date the other sideways on

  • Text: JOHN LOFTEY AUGUST 18./1811
  • Location: On either side of the bung hole
  • Method of creation: Inlaid
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.341-1928
Primary reference Number: 74599

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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