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Jug: C.28-2013

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Potter: Batterham, Richard

Entities

Categories

Description

Stoneware, thrown, and ash-glazed

Thrown greyish-buff stoneware, with applied pulled handle, coated inside and outside with grey-green, streaky ash-glaze with brown flecks which stops about 1 cm above the bottom. The unglazed base has five paler 'patch marks'. The lower part of the jug is roughly barrel-shaped. Above the lower end of the handle the sides slope gently inwards towards the top where there is a projecting ridge below the rim, and a small lip. A projecting ring encircles the body above the junction of the lower end of the handle with the body, and there are three indented horizontal rings on the neck. The back of the handle has vertical grooves on either side of the centre.

Notes

History note: Bought by the vendor in the 1980s or 1990s

Legal notes

Purchased with the Applied Arts Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 28 cm
Width: 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Durweston ⪼ Dorset ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Harding, Barbara

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth I
Circa 1980 CE - Circa 1995 CE

Note

Richard Batterham (1936-2021) became interested in potting while he was at Bryanston School. After national service he worked for two years at St Ives with Bernard Leach, and in 1959 set up his own pottery at Durweston, near Blandford in Dorset. In 1967 he moved into a new pottery there where he has continued to work. Throughout his career Richard Batterham has concentrated on domestic stoneware, finely thrown and simply decorated before glazing. This is a handsome example of his characteristic jug form which he makes in various sizes. The museum also owns one of his teapots (C.1 & A-2009) and two lidded storage jars (C.79 & A-1980 and C.80 & A-1980).

Components of the work

Visible Surfaces composed of ash-glaze ( grey-green)
Base Diameter 14.5 cm
Body
Handle

Materials used in production

greyish-buff Stoneware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: long narrow rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: Richard Batterham
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Typed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.28-2013
Primary reference Number: 197481
Entry form number: 1081
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 26 November 2013 Updated: Tuesday 14 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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