Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
White salt-glaze stoneware, three-legged jug and cover with gilded relief decoration, and bird knob
Off-white stoneware, thrown, with applied moulded feet and knob, and mould applied reliefs, salt-glazed and oil gilded. The jug is pear shaped with a narrow neck and wide pointed lip. The reeded loop handle has a kick at the bottom. It stands on three lion mask and paw feet. The lid is a slightly domed and has a flange that fits inside the neck. The knob is in the shape of a bird. The front of the body is decorated with a large rosette in the middle, flanked by interlaced scroll and tassel motifs, with scroll motifs above and below. The lid is decorated with flowers, scrolls, and leaves. There are traces of oil-gilding on the lion masks, and the reliefs on the body and lid, and three large spots on each side of the lip.
Notes
History note: Sotheby's, London, 24 May 1928, lot 72; bought for £3.10s. on behalf of Dr Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
This covered jug could have been used for hot or cold milk.```````````````
Components of the work
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Decoration
composed of
gold
Without Lid
Height 10.8 cm
With Lid
Height 13.2 cm
Lid
Length 4.9 cm
Lip To Handle
Length 9.3 cm
Jug
Width 7.1 cm
Body
Materials used in production
off-white
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Salt-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: half of a rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut corners; inscription too faint to read
- Text: 5045 ....
- Location: Base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.525 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75419
Old object number: 5045
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 9 September 2024
Last processed: Thursday 14 August 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
