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Milk jug: C.706 & A-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood, Josiah (Doubtful)
Maker: Greatbatch, William (Doubtful)
Factory: Greatbatch, William

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Description

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, the interior very thinly and unevenly glazed cream. and the exterior covered with green and cream lead-glazes. Piriform with cauliflower moulding, a projecting spout, loop handle in the form of three long leaves with a vertical rib and a kick up at their lower end, more pronounced on the lowest leaf, and circular slightly convex cover pierced by a hole, with a shallow cauliflower knob.

Notes

History note: Purchased at Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire in 1918 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Burslem ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England
  • Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1759 CE - 1770 CE

Note

Perhaps Josiah Wedgwood, or William Greatbatch, Lower Lane, Fenton, but cauliflower ware was made by other potters in North Staffordshire at this time

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Body
Handle
Spout

Materials used in production

the inside cream, the exterior, green and cream Lead-glaze
with coloured glazes Creamware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.706 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 12127
Old object number: 4364
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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