Staffordshire lead-glazed owl jug

An image of Owl Jug. Lead-glazed earthenware, thrown in two parts, decorated with slip-trailing in two shades of brown and white slip, height 22.4 cm, circa 1680-1700. Staffordshire, England.

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Owl Jug. Lead-glazed earthenware, thrown in two parts, decorated with slip-trailing in two shades of brown and white slip, height 22.4 cm, circa 1680-1700. Staffordshire, England.

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Accession Number: C.252 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 791 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 546.70kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:01:08 15:03:20

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17th Century anthropomorphic birds earthenware English Fitz_AA glazed jug lead-glazed owls pottery slip slipware Staffordshire Pottery

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