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Railway Mug
Factory: John & Robert Godwin
White lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed underglaze in brown, and painted overglaze in green and pink enamel. The cylindrical mug stands on a slightly projecting foot ring. It has an indented horizontal band below the rim, and an angular strap handle. The exterior is decorated overall with a railway-train travelling to the left through a landscape with hills, trees, a cottage and a church with a spire. The locomotive, labelled 'FURY', is followed by a small open tender for the coal, two closed first class passenger trucks, and part of an open passenger truck. On the inside of the top there is a geometrical border pattern. On the base, transfer-printed in brown, is the factory mark J & RG with above a scroll bearing the pattern name 'RAILWAY'.
History note: Mr Hyam 158 Brompton Road SW, from whom purchased on June 6, 1911 for £5 with four other mugs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 8.3 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
Victoria I
Circa
1835
CE
-
1840
CE
Decoration
composed of
ceramic printing colour
( brown)
enamel
( green and pink)
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Inscription present: RAILWAY is printed on a scroll with curling ends below which are the initials
Accession number: C.1148-1928
Primary reference Number: 71414
Old object number: 3408
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) "Railway Mug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71414 Accessed: 2024-12-22 18:19:16
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