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Potter: Brannan, James Howard (Probably)
Earthenware, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze. Bulbous body with loop handle which forms a tube communicating with three sucking-spouts springing from the rim. Decorated on the lower part of the jug with rough sprays of flowers. Below the handle is a heart-shaped panel with the inscription, 'Drink to mee with your Heart and fill up unto the mark then drink mee pray without spilling or you will [pay] thre shilling'. Above, is a row of geometrical piercings with the date 'nov. 13 1827' incised. The neck is pierced with perforations forming the letters of the name 'JOHN ARNOLD'.
History note: T. Charbonnier Collection, Lynton; purchased in 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Production date:
dated
AD 1827
: dated
James Howard Brannam was christened at Bideford in 1803. He worked in Barnstaple, Bideford, and Fremington.
Decoration composed of slip
Accession number: GL.C.65-1928
Primary reference Number: 77094
Old object number: 20
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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