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Potter: Fishley, Edmund
Slipware harvest jug inscribed with the name 'Mary Courtice' and 'Despise me Not Be Cause I'm smol Fel me often hil Ples you All Edmund Fishley Maker 1824'
Red earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in white slip, with incised and cut away decoration under yellow lead-glaze. The jug has a bulbous body, a short neck, and a loop handle, with a coil at the bottom. On the front of the jar is a spray of fritillaries and a tree with two birds. The name 'Mary Courtice' can be found on the shoulder, along with a man smoking a pipe. Below the handle in a heart shaped panel, are the inscribed words 'Despise me Not Be Cause I'm smol, Fel me often hil Ples you All Edmund Fishley Maker 1824'
History note: Theodore Charbonnier, Lynton, Devon; from whom purchased in 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 29.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1820s
George IV
Production date:
dated
AD 1824
Surface
composed of
slip
( white)
Body
Decoration
pale red
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Accession number: C.81-1928
Primary reference Number: 76138
Old object number: 3
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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