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Pottery: Montague Close Pottery (Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with a stag hunt and inscription
Reddish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale turquoise-green, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and manganese-purple. The mug stands on a concave base. It has a bulbous lower part which narrows towards the rim, and an applied loop handle which is rounded on the outside and slightly concave inside. The exterior is painted with a man holding a spear accompanied by a running hound chasing a stag in a landscape with a house, trees and two seated deer with schematic birds flying above them. Above the stag are the initials and date '16/S/IA/76'. Two horizontal manganese bands run round the body below the rim, and the handle is horizontally striped in blue.
History note: Unknown before donor Sidney Thomas Metcalfe
Given by Sydney Thomas Metcalfe in memory of his wife, Beatrice Louise Metcalfe (1894-1956)
Height: 9.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1963-11-21) by Metcalfe, Sidney Thomas
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1676
The decoration on this mug matches that on plate C. 1435-1928. The initials may be those of Jasper Scoles and Abigail Maude who were married at St Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London on 3 May 1676.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Handle
pale turquoise-green
Tin-glaze
reddish-buff
Earthenware
Throwing
: Reddish-buff earthenware, thrown with applied handle, tin-glazed pale turquoise-green, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.11-1963
Primary reference Number: 71357
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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