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Production: Fulda Faience Factory
Tin glazed earthenware jug decorated with a townscape painted in blue and manganese and trees sponged with manganese; pewter mount on the foot and pewter cover and thumbpiece attached to the top of the handle
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple, and sponged with manganese-purple. The jug has a bulbous body with a cylindrical neck and strap handle, and stands on a low foot. The foot has a pewter mount, and hinged to the top of the handle is a low domed pewter cover with a shell-shaped thumbpiece. The front is decorated with a group of buildings flanked by sponged trees, above and below which are pale and darker blue horizontal bands and a narrow manganese-purple band. The back of the handle is decorated with horizontal stripes.
History note: Unknown before the donor, Mrs Constance Goetze
Given by Mrs Constance Goetze
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943-11-06) by Goetze, Constance, Mrs
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1741
-
1768
Lid, Foot Mount
composed of
pewter
Body
Decoration
Thumbpiece
blue from cobalt, and manganese-purple
High-temperature colour
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: underlined
Accession number: EC.60-1943
Primary reference Number: 76980
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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