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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
White salt-glazed stoneware, thrown, with applied moulded decoration
Off white stoneware, thrown, decorated with mould applied reliefs and incising, and salt-glazed. The tall pear shaped body has a cylindrical neck with a wide pointed lip, and stands on three feet each moulded with a lion;'s face and paw. The reeded loop handle has a kick at the lower end. The reliefs on one side of the nack are a fleur-de-lys, a group of leaves and a larger leaf, and on the other, three buds, a group of leaves, and a bird. Near the base of the jug is an incised design of triangles and arcs formed by lines of varying length.
History note: Bought from Jolley’s, Cambridge, on 6 October 1917 for £9 by Dr Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
-
1750
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Lip To Handle
Length 10.8 cm
Across Body
Width 8 cm
Body
Decoration
white Stoneware
Inscription present: circular white paper with the words printed in a circle and the number in the middle
Accession number: C.520-1928
Primary reference Number: 75403
Old object number: 3740
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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