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Copper lustre jug with rose design
Red earthenware, thrown, partially slip-coated, glazed, dipped in lustre and decorated with sgraffito and enamels.
Bulbous, copper-lustre coated jug with concave neck, curved lip, foliated loop handle and a low foot-rim. Around the body is a wide band of pink lustre decorated with a wreath of roses and other flowers, painted in pink, red, green and blue enamels set on a sgraffito stem and swirls in the background. The neck and lip, both inside and outside, and handle are coated in copper lustre. The interior, below the neck, is coated with glazed cream slip. The underside is flat and lustred with a narrow foot-ring.
History note: Bought in Cambridge in March 1905, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, second quarter#
Circa
1810
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Circa
1830
Decoration composed of lustre ( pink (gold)) slip ( white)
Throwing : Thrown earthenware, partially slip-coated, glazed, dipped in lustre and decorated with sgraffito and enamels.
Accession number: C.1181-1928
Primary reference Number: 71465
Old object number: 2253
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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