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Large copper lustre jug
Red earthenware, thrown, turned, partially slip-coated, glazed and painted and dipped in lustre.
Large, bulbous, copper-lustre coated jug with concave neck, curved lip, foliated loop handle and a low foot-rim. Around the middle is a band of lustred reeding, above and below which are pink-white zones painted in lustre with stylised leaves and flowers. The interior, below the copper-lustre neck, is coated with glazed cream slip. The underside is flat and lustred with a narrow foot-ring.
History note: Bought from Miss Franks at St Neots in December 1903, for 10/6 (ten shilllings and sixpence), by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Height: 19 cm
Width: 24 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
Decoration composed of lustre ( pink (gold)) slip ( white) clear glaze
Throwing : Earthenware, thrown, turned, partially slip-coated, glazed and painted and dipped in lustre.
Accession number: C.1180-1928
Primary reference Number: 71464
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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