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Jael Killing Sisera
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, 'Jael Killing Sisera'; barred ox-head corners.
History note: From a fireplace surround in the upper room at Sennitts’, the Butcher’s, 17 Peas Hill, Cambridge' bought by Stanley Woolston, Cambridge and sold on 26 August 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 0.8 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The action depicted is described in the Bible, Judges 4: 21
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( manganese)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2823.19-1928
Primary reference Number: 15487
Old object number: 4479a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jael Killing Sisera" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15487 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:51:00
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