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Production: Elers Brothers
Red dry-bodied stoneware, slip-cast, turned and decorated with mould-applied reliefs (sprigs). Cylindrical with two horizontal mouldings dividing the sides into two zones in each of which is a chrysanthemum spray, flanked on the upper zone by two snails, and on the lower by one snail and a small dancing man, known as a 'Merry Andrew'. The narrow area above the upper rib is undecorated. On one side the mug has a loop handle.
History note: Edward Sheldon, 12 St Paul's Road, Kersal, Salford, Manchester; purchased from him, on 12 May 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III (1750-1702)
Production date:
circa
AD 1695
Body
Reliefs
red Stoneware
Accession number: C.454-1928
Primary reference Number: 75161
Old object number: 705
Old object number: 4596
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75161 Accessed: 2024-12-22 19:16:40
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