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Railway Mug
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Pale cream earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in brown, and painted overglaze in green, yellow and pink enamels. The cylindrical mug has a recessed base and an angular strap handle. The exterior is decorated with a railway-train travelling to the left through a landscape with hills, trees and bushes, a cottage, and a church with a spire. The locomotive, labelled 'EXPRESS', is followed by a small open truck for the driver and mate, two closed first class passenger carriages with luggage on top, and an empty barouche on an open carriage at the end. Inside the rim, and down the back of the handle there is a border of paired leaveds on a stem.
History note: Sotheby's, London, 12 March, 1909, lot 176; bought by Mr S. Fenton for 13s.0d. with 10 other items on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.3 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
William IV
Victoria I
Circa
1835
CE
-
1840
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( green, yellow and pink)
ceramic printing colour
Rim
Diameter 10.4 cm
pale cream
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Lead-glazing : Pale cream earthenware transfer-printed underglaze in brown, and painted overglaze in green, yellow and pink enamels.
Accession number: C.1151-1928
Primary reference Number: 71419
Old object number: 3014
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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