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Jug: C.442-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: uncertain

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Description

Red and buff agate ware slip-trailed in white under yellowish lead glaze. Barrel-shaped with a projecting lip and reeded loop handle. Slip-trailed round the middle, 'MRS (RS raised) HAWORTH BLACKPOOL JAN 1903'

Notes

History note: Mr Richards, Nottingham, from whom bought for £3 on 5 November 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Cliviger ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England
  • Buckley ⪼ Flintshire ⪼ Wales

Acquisition and important dates

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

Note

Rackham (1935) considered that this might be attributable to one of the Halifax potteries but it is lighter in weight than usual for that area. Probable alternatives are Buckley in North Wales, or Cliviger, near Burnley in Lancashire

People, subjects and objects depicted

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: MRS HAWORTH BLACKPOOL LAN 1793
  • Location: On middle of exterior
  • Method of creation: Slip-trailed in cream appearing yellow
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.442-1928
Primary reference Number: 75117
Old object number: 2669
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 17 October 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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