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Hunting Jug: C.1211-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Hunting Jug

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Description

Salt-glazed stoneware, the upper part dipped darker brown; decorated with applied reliefs of a stag hunt, topers, and a wind¬mill. Impressed on the front, ‘JOSEPH MAY/WHITE LION INN/MARCH’ (Cambridgeshire).

Notes

History note: Mr Radford, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, from whom purchased for about 8s. 0d. in 1906.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 29.9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, second half#
1875 - 1885

Components of the work

Upper Part composed of slip ( ferruginous)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Body
Inscription
Reliefs

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JOSEPH MAY/WHITE LION INN/MARCH
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1211-1928
Primary reference Number: 71563
Old object number: 2906
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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