Current Location: In storage
Titles
Harvest Jug
Maker(s)
Unidentified factory
(Perhaps)
Entities
Categories
Description
Brown stoneware jug, thrown, turned, dipped in an iron-bearing slip, sprigged and salt-glazed.
Jug with bulbous body, cylindrical engine-turned neck and strap handle, the upper part dipped in dark brown, the lower part buff-yellow, a freckled effect around the middle. Body decorated with applied finely-moulded sprigs: above are eight images of trees and buildings associated with farming countryside, including house, church, windmill and water-mill; below are sheaves of corn, a man hoeing and a harvest basket, interspersed with farm implements including scythes, pitchforks and a wheelbarrow. The handle is finished at the bottom with a strap and foliate sprig. The interior is a paler colour. The underside is flat.
Notes
History note: Bought from Appleby Antiques, Portobello Road, London, on 9 February 2000, for £240.00, by Mr Peter Schaffer
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Sir Peter Shaffer
Measurements and weight
Height: 24 cm
Width: 23 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2018-07-09)
by
Shaffer, Peter
Dating
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
Note
Brown sprigged and salt-glazed stoneware was produced by many English potteries during the 18th and 19th centuries and is sometimes known as ‘Fulham’ or ‘Lambeth ware’. Mugs and jugs were popular, often with sprigs related to hunting. Harvest scenes are less commonly found and have been associated with Bristol, as have the type of body, ‘black-coffee’ coloured dip and refined sprigging and finishing found on this jug. Sprigging and salt-glazing were generally replaced by relief-moulding and liquid glazing in the 1830s.
Salt glaze is formed by throwing salt into the kiln during the firing process. Sodium from the salt reacts with silica in the clay to form a glaze. The brown tinge is produced by introducing iron oxide.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
salt
Materials used in production
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, turned, dipped in an iron-bearing slip, sprigged and salt-glazed.
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.9-2018
Primary reference Number: 223221
Entry form number: 1359
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 24 July 2018
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
