These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Potter: Unknown (Possibly)
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in purplish-blue and greenish-blue with, on the front, a 'G', and on the sides, panelled diaper decoration.
Jug. Earthenware. Bubbly white tin glaze on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in dark purplish-blue and dark greenish-blue.
Piriform with flat base, cylindrical neck expanding towards the trilobate mouth, and strap handle.
The front is decorated with a purplish-blue `G' with a leaf in the centre, surrounded by curved squiggles. On each side are three sets of three vertical lines with narrow panels between them. The two nearest to the `G' are filled by a greenish-blue diaper with a quatrefoil in the centre and trefoils in the other compartments, the two nearest the handle by vertical chevrons with dots in the spaces. Above and below is a row of blue spots between horizontal bands, and, on the neck, two greenish-blue lines with a leafy stem over them, and a purplish-blue band next to the rim. Marked in blue below the handle 'V.FAE'.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Height: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1875
CE
-
1925
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark purplish-blue and dark greenish-blue)
Base
Diameter 10.2 cm
Body
Diameter 14.0 cm
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.140-1991
Primary reference Number: 48047
Packing number: EURCER 479
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48047 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:22:04
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48047
|title=Jug
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:22:04|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-48047
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_140_1991_281_29.jpg"
alt="Jug"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Jug</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
