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Jug: C.603-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware, painted in polychrome enamels in imitation of Chinese famille rose porcelain

Off-white stoneware, thrown, salt-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, red, brown, and black enamels which are slightly raised. The jug is pear shaped, with a pointed lip and a strap handle with a kick at the lower end, and stands on a foot. The body is decorated on the side with a brown fence, with grass beneath it, and flowering branches travelling from the fence round to the other side of the jug. The flowers are in red, blue, and yellow, and there is a bunch of grapes in the middle. There is a leaf spray on each side of the lip. The rim is encircled by a pink ribbon and leaves, and the inside is edged by alternating panels containing green trellis pattern, and a flower.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.9 cm
Height: 13.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1755

School or Style

Chinese

Components of the work

Deoration composed of enamel ( green, brown, red, pink, yellow, blue and black)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Lip To Handle Width 11.3 cm
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

Stoneware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.603-1928
Primary reference Number: 75625
Old object number: 1169

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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