English harvest jug

An image of Harvest Jug. Bulbous body, with a short neck pinched into a lip in front, and loop handle coiled up at lower end. On the front inscribed are the initials and date 'WH 1724', enclosed in a heart, with a thistle below and the crude busts of women, each above a cartouche with the date repeated, on either side. Below the handle is a thistle, whilst over the rest of the body except the shoulder are birds and formal tulips. On the shoulder is the inscription: 'Now i am come for to supply your workmen when in haruist dry when they do labour hard and sweat good drink is better far than meat. In winter time when it is cold i likewayes then good ale can hold All seasons do the same require and most men so strong drink desire'. Round the neck are two rows of flower motives. Earthenware, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 32.5 cm, dated 1724. English, North Devon.

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Harvest Jug. Bulbous body, with a short neck pinched into a lip in front, and loop handle coiled up at lower end. On the front inscribed are the initials and date 'WH 1724', enclosed in a heart, with a thistle below and the crude busts of women, each above a cartouche with the date repeated, on either side. Below the handle is a thistle, whilst over the rest of the body except the shoulder are birds and formal tulips. On the shoulder is the inscription: 'Now i am come for to supply your workmen when in haruist dry when they do labour hard and sweat good drink is better far than meat. In winter time when it is cold i likewayes then good ale can hold All seasons do the same require and most men so strong drink desire'. Round the neck are two rows of flower motives. Earthenware, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 32.5 cm, dated 1724. English, North Devon.

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Accession Number: GL.C.59-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 236.02kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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18th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd birds dated earthenware floral flowers glazed handled harvest jug incised inscribed inscriptions jug lead-glazed ochre pottery slip slip-coated slipware spout spouted thistle tulips vessel yellow

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