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Mug: C.1073-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

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Description

White earthenware transfer-printed in blue under slightly blue tinted lead-glaze with a ship on both sides, and below, across the front, the name Simon Hazlewood.

Notes

History note: John Beazor, 33 Regent Street, Yarmouth, where seen by Dr Glaisher on 22 August, 1922, and bought for £3.10 with another mug (C.1212-1928), after his return to Cambridge, where they arrived on 26 August.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1800 - 1830

Note

Probably made for Simon Hazlewood or Heaselwood of the Ship Inn, Woolpit, Suffolk. He may have been the Simon Hazlewood baptised at Woolpit on 7 June 1786

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt
Rim Diameter 9.1 cm
Handle-rim Width 14 cm
Body
Handle
Side

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Simon Hazlewood
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Transfer-printed in blue
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular brown paper label

  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in pencil
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1073-1928
Primary reference Number: 71272
Old object number: 3890
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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