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Dead Game Jug
Factory:
Schiller & Gerbing
Factory:
Schiller, W. & Söhne
Pale red earthenware, press-moulded in two halves with integral relief decoration, and covered in dark brown lacquer. In the shape of an oak trunk with a branch handle with crouching squirrel thumb-rest, wavy rim, and boar;s head spout. The sides are decorated with dear hares/rabbits, and game birds and ducks suspended from a leafy branch which encircles the body below the rim.
History note: Jess Applin Antiques, Cambridge from whom purchased
Purchased with the Rylands Fund
Height: 14 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1988-02-01) by Jess Applin Antiques
Circa 1860 CE - 1885 CE
Probably made either by Schiller & Gerbing or Schiller & Söhne. The jug imitates English relief-moulded stoneware jugs of the second half of the 19th century
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Lacquer
pale red
Earthenware
Accession number: C.1-1988
Primary reference Number: 71534
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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