English harvest jug with unicorns and birds

An image of Harvest Jug. Unknown maker, North Devon. On the front flanked by two unicorns and two birds, is a bust with the initials and date 'CL 1703/4'. Below the handle is a tulip, and, on the neck, flowers. Round the shoulders is the inscription 'now I am com for to supply youre workmen/when in haruist dry when they doe Labour harde and sweat/good drink is better for then meate: in winter time when it is coold/i Likewise then good drinke can hould: booth seasons doe the same require/and most men doe good drinke desire'. Earthenware/sgraffito ware, the body thrown, slip-coated, and incised under lead glaze, height, whole, 29.2, cm, dated 1703-1704.

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Harvest Jug. Unknown maker, North Devon. On the front flanked by two unicorns and two birds, is a bust with the initials and date 'CL 1703/4'. Below the handle is a tulip, and, on the neck, flowers. Round the shoulders is the inscription 'now I am com for to supply youre workmen/when in haruist dry when they doe Labour harde and sweat/good drink is better for then meate: in winter time when it is coold/i Likewise then good drinke can hould: booth seasons doe the same require/and most men doe good drinke desire'. Earthenware/sgraffito ware, the body thrown, slip-coated, and incised under lead glaze, height, whole, 29.2, cm, dated 1703-1704.

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Accession Number: GL.C.58-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 75
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 836 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 216.57kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2014:03:13 16:36:45

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18th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Stewart Period Stuart Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd birds bulb bulbous earthenware glazed handled harvest jug incised inscribed inscriptions jug language lead-glazed pottery sgraffito slip slip-coated slipware spout spouted texts thrown unicorn vessel writing written yellow

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