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Mug: C.598-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

White salt-glaze stoneware decorated in polychrome enamels with a Chinoiserie garden scene.

Off-white stoneware, thrown, salt-glazed, and painted in pale blue, two shades of green, yellow, two shades of pink, black, and white enamels. The mug has a large bell shaped body with a slightly flared lip, a wide reeded handle, and stands on a foot. The sides are decorated in imitation of Chinese famille rose with a lady flanked by a girl who is offering her flowers, and a boy holding a carafe and offering her a glass of liquid. To the right of them is a large flowering tree which over-hangs them, and a wooden fence. The rest of the jug is decorated with other flowering plants and blue rocks. There is also a border of lappets and Chinese symbols around the rim.

Notes

History note: Mr Aked, Green Street, Leicester Square, London; from whom bought for £8 around 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

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Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 16 cm
Width: 11 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
George III
Circa 1750 CE - 1765 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( pale blue, two shades of green, yellow, two shades of pink, black, and white)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Including Handle Length 15 cm
Body

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.598-1928
Primary reference Number: 75608
Old object number: 1170

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

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

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