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Jug: M.55-1961

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Frechen pottery (Probably)
Silversmith: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Salt-glazed stoneware with engraved silver mounts and embossed and chased silver cover

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

Place(s) associated

  • Frechen ⪼ Rhineland ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

16th Century, Late
Elizabeth I
Production date: circa AD 1580

Note

No maker's or hallmarks on the silver

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Mounts composed of silver
Body composed of stoneware
Cover

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.55-1961
Primary reference Number: 77314
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 16 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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