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Jug: C.50-1997

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Unknown (Probably)
Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Cream-coloured earthenware, bat-printed onglaze in black and painted in black enamel. Ovoid with projecting spout and plain loop handle. Decorated on one side with an oval print of a young woman in pseudo-classical costume holding a lamb on her knee, with trees in the background. Over the top is a wreath incorporating a quiver and arrows, and below two sprays of stylised foliage tied in the centre with a bow. Below is inscribed 'Ah, happy Innocence, on whose chaste Cheek/The spotledd Rose of Virtue blushes meek.'. On the other side there is an almond-shaped print of a young woman standing beside an older woman seated at a spinning wheel in a garden with hollyhocks beside a fence, a book on a low table, and a chicken, framed by a repeating border of three beads and an oblong, and a narrowly spaced 'ladder' border. Under the lip there is a printed wreath of two types of stylised foliage with a bow at bottom centre, enclosing 'M;HUNT.'. Black bands run round the base, the rim, and the outline of the lip, and down both sides of the handle.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.7 cm
Length: 23.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liverpool ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early#
George III
Production date: circa AD 1800

Note

Probably Liverpool, or Staffordshire

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Ah, happy Innocence, on whose chaste Cheek/The spotless Rose of Virtue blushes meek.
  • Location: On one side
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: M;HUNT.
  • Location: Under lip
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.50-1997
Primary reference Number: 75324
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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