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Two-handled Mug
Pottery: Unidentified Derbyshire pottery
Buff stoneware decorated with applied reliefs and dark brown wash on the upper part, and salt-glazed. The cylindrical mug has two handles each moulded in the form of a greyhound. The sides are decorated with applied reliefs. On one side, a toper holding up a mug while seated on a barrel, and on the right, a tree; on the other side, a toper smoking while seated on a barrel and propping a leg up on another barrel marked H/XXX, and on the right, a tree.
History note: Sotheby's, 19 January 1911, part of lot 101; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: C.1256-1928
Primary reference Number: 71675
Old object number: 3343
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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