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Jar: C.1983-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Siklós pottery

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Description

Buff earthenware coated with dark brown slip and painted over it in red, white and yellow slips, green, and gold. Bulbous body with two loop handled. The body is decorated with a wreath of formal flowers round the shoulder, with horizontal stripes below. The handles are decorated with a feather pattern.

Notes

History note: Bought in Southern Hungary by Viklmos Zsolnay (1828-1900) to copy at his factory at Fünfkirchen (Pécs); sold by his son, Miklós Zolnay at the factory's warehouse in Váci Street, Budapest on 10 August, 1910 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Late
Circa 1870 CE - 1900 CE

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1983-1928
Primary reference Number: 76563
Old object number: 3291

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 18 June 2023

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

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