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Railway Jug
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White earthenware, thrown and transfer-printed underglaze in black. The jug has an ovoid body with a slightly projecting lower edge, a short cylindrical neck, projecting lip, and harp-shaped strap handle. The exterior is decorated with a railway train travelling to the left through a landscape with hills, trees, two large houses, and a church with a steeple. The locomotive, named WILLIAM THE FOURTH , is followed by an unattached tender truck with one man on board, and three open carriages, the first crowded with men, the second with two ladies and four men, and the third with five men and a seated man and a woman holding a parasol. On the outside and inside of the neck and lip there is a floral border, and on the back of the handle is a vertical design of flowers and scrolls.
History note: Mr Hyam 158 Brompton Road SW, from whom purchased on June 6, 1911 for £5 with another jug and three railway mugs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
William IV
Circa
1830
CE
-
1837
CE
Decoration
composed of
ceramic printing colour
( black)
Body
white
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Accession number: C.1138-1928
Primary reference Number: 71402
Old object number: 3406
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Railway Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71402 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:36:12
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