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Jug: C.84-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Fishley, E.B.

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Description

Red earthenware,thrown, covered with white slip with incised decoration under yellowish lead-glaze. The jug is bulbous with a short neck and pinched lip, and a loop handle. It is decorated with incised flowers and a butterfly, partly coloured in green and manganese-purple. The handle decorated with a stem ofconvolvulus foliage. Under the base is the incised inscription 'E. B. Fishley/H. Potter/Fremington'

Notes

History note: Given to Dr Glaisher by Mr Cowles of the Archeological Museum, Cambridge on January 25, 1911. He, stated that his uncle had bought it at the Fremington Pottery thirty years ago, i.e. around 1880, and that it had been decorated by a clergyman (presumbly H. Potter) who was visiting the pottery.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Late
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1880

Components of the work

Surface composed of slip
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: E. B. Fishley/H. Potter/Fremington
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.84-1928
Primary reference Number: 76210
Old object number: 3399

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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