1592999705000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-81583 1747246361978 1711373483000 1747245848890 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-81583 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81583 8c00de60-8d3f-354d-89cb-f926dbf66ed8 5 reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware bluish-green, green, dark pink, and black reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels Decoration white earthenware, glazed, and painted in bluish-green, green, dark pink, and black enamels. in bluish-green, green, dark pink, and black enamels reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting Applied Arts White earthenware mug, painted in polychrome enamels with a sampler pattern. White earthenware, glazed, and painted in bluish-green, green, dark pink, and black enamels. Cylindrical with a recessed base, a loop handle with vertical rib, and a lower end which tapers to a point on the side of the body. The sides are decorated with a sample pattern. On the front is a three-chimney house and garden surrounded by a hedge, with gates at the front. On each side of it there are two pot plants, three pyramidal trees, two hearts pierced by an arrow, a floral sprig, and two cockerels, one above the other. Above the house is a verse, painted in black except for the first letter of each line which is dark pink: A little health a little wealth A little house with freedom And at the end a little friend With little cause to need him Around the top there is a border of paired dark pink and green leaves. The rim, and the rib down the handle are outlined in bluish-green. C.9-2002 1 accession number C.9-2002 81583 priref 81583 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81583 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81583 Sotheby's sale label which was removed. label into base impressed, faintly WEMYSS mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2002 2002 2002-10-14 given Entry date: 2002-10-14 1882 1882 CE 1882 1882 1930 1 1930 CE 1930 1930 pottery reference agent-194884 adlib-agent-194884 fd4b91aa-98e8-3eb5-9a98-7a64740da74f Robert Heron & Son In 1930, the Wemyss Ware brand was bought by Bovey Pottery in Bovey Tracey, Devon, where it was produced until 1957. In 1985 Griselda Hill revived the style and the name, and employed Esther Weeks who had trained as a decorator at Bovey Tracey under Karel’s son Joseph Nekola. It is still in production at her pottery in Ceres, Fife. Wemyss Ware is highly collectable – one of the largest collections was formed by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The lines ‘A little health… …little cause to need him’ are quoted in various 19th Century publications, including ‘The Lady’s Miscellany’, New York, 11 May 1811, where it is referred to as a toast. Wemyss Ware was introduced in 1882 by Robert Heron at the Gallatown Pottery in Kirkacaldy, Fife, where pots had been produced since 1817; he recruited designers from across Europe, including Karel Nekola from Bohemia, to design it. Wemyss Ware typically features hand-painted naturalistic under-glaze decoration, such as wildlife, fruit and flowers (particularly the cabbage rose), and is found in animal form (notably cats and pigs) as well as functional items. The sampler design on this mug is unusual, though the style of decoration and the white background and green line around the rim are typical of early Wemyss. reference term-120900 adlib-term-120900 388bb85e-e90a-3417-a007-99f254a808c0 19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early reference term-113546 adlib-term-113546 d3c32afb-cb9d-3212-921e-d40cf1337e84 literal Scotland Scotland country literal Fife Fife region Kirkcaldy white reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Diameter 11.2 Height cm 14.2 Width cm 17.2 reference term-91188 adlib-term-91188 40f320f4-04b6-3303-8129-f9e81e2b4671 mug history note Purchased at Sotheby's Gleneagles, 27 August, 2002, Jewels, Silver and Wemyss Pottery, p. 26, lot 406 1 reference object-73140 adlib-object-73140 6741dead-18f6-3ca2-8cbb-e740903ea4e6

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loving cup reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 26, lot 406, illustrated in colour p. 26 reference publication-3466 adlib-publication-3466 d5d6cc89-ee50-38bb-a6fa-0e80ac23d07b Jewels, Silver and Wemyss Pottery reference publication-2669 adlib-publication-2669 aa0d3603-2ba6-3e9d-90d9-3f0d5506093f Encyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries object name reference term-117142 adlib-term-117142 0ef46508-81d3-3662-8361-18349e913d25 sampler object name reference term-108985 adlib-term-108985 aac4da9e-db07-3c9b-997c-7de014808e7e heart object name reference term-87034 adlib-term-87034 2c5e4251-c521-335c-ba82-08292c43da13 arrow animal reference term-109564 adlib-term-109564 7d79172b-0e70-3684-9c4e-5c78931a5fee cockerels plant reference term-107624 adlib-term-107624 8f5c3dba-af48-3dcf-b713-ba359d7a0ac0 floral spray place type reference term-61134 adlib-term-61134 fe8a38ad-bea1-327f-b7d9-04d67a1e5f07 house place type reference term-52412 adlib-term-52412 e46c8ee4-aa94-38e2-9b27-1f8035f02b23 garden literal sampler sampler literal heart heart literal arrow arrow literal cockerels cockerels literal floral spray floral spray literal house house literal garden garden

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