These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Shape: inverted pear-shaped body, sits on a low, wide foot ring. A strap handle was once attached to the body.
Exterior: on the upper body a frieze of diamond shaped formed by four black dots or dashes is interrupted by a group of six vertical blue lines near the handle, which radiate over the entire body. Concentric lines in blue and black are also broken by these vertical lines. Glaze runs over the surface, terminating unevenly on the foot ring.
Interior: Undecorated except for a few drops of glaze.
Purchased from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 12 cm
Weight: 369 g
Width: 14.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century#
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue and black)
glaze
( turquoise, running over the surface and terminating unevenly on the foot ring.)
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 7.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, a black rectangular border is printed around the edge
Inscription present: hand written in pencil
Accession number: C.161-1935
Primary reference Number: 72307
Old number: BP.2?
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72307 Accessed: 2024-12-18 12:56:07
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72307
|title=Jug
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 12:56:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-72307
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_161_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Jug"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Jug</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
