English earthenware jug

An image of Jug. On the body, above a row of foliated crosses, is the inscription 'FOR EARTH I AM'. Earthenware, thrown body, with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 12.7, cm, circa 1600-1700. English, from Harlow, Essex.

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Jug. On the body, above a row of foliated crosses, is the inscription 'FOR EARTH I AM'. Earthenware, thrown body, with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze, height, whole, 12.7, cm, circa 1600-1700. English, from Harlow, Essex.

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Accession Number: GL.C.38-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 793 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 446.99kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:04:02 10:05:11

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17th Century earthenware English Fitz_AA glazed handled inscriptions jug lead-glazed slipware Stuart Period

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