Jug: C.1654-1928

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)

Entities

• Jug

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• English delftware

Description

Buff earthenware covered with very shiny tin-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, and red. The jug has a bulbous body on a disk foot which is concave underneath. The body contracts into a short cylindrical neck with a wide mouth and pointed lip. The handle is vertically grooved on the exterior and has a V-shaped terminal. The widest part of the body is decorated with four oval compartments reserved in a blue ground. One contains the initials and date ‘’N S/1707’ within a red scroll border. The other three are filled with stylized flowers and foliage. Below there is a border of squat anthemion-like motifs. The shoulder is decorated with three pairs of horizontal lines, above which on the neck there are vertical leaves. The back of the handle is decorated with alternating blue circles and horizontal red lines.

Notes

History note: Mr A.R. Hakoumoff, 5 Golden Court, George Street, Richmond, Surrey, from whom bought for £1.15s.0d. on 30 July 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. It had been sent to him on approval on 24 July.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early
Queen Anne
Production date: dated AD 1707

Note

The colouring was probably influenced by late 17th or early 18th century Japanese Imari porcelain. The design is unusual, and it has not been possible to associate it with a particular area or pottery. At the date of production it could have been made in London, or at Bristol or Brislington.