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Production: Knütgen, Anno (Possibly)
Greyish-buff stoneware, thrown, decorated with three applied moulded reliefs and thin off-white probably ash-glaze. The bottle has a bulbous body with pronounced horizontal throwing marks, a narrow neck, and a ring handle. The sides are decorated with three moulded medallions, each showing Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge (The Fall) enclosed by a garland. The relief on the viewer's right when the handle is towards them, is more clearly defined than the one on the left, and the one on the front is less sharp.
History note: William Mullins, 52, High Street, Salisbury, from whom purchased for £5 by letter on 16 August 1922 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. The jug arrived in Cambridge on 25 August 1922.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
-
1580
The jug was attributed by Rackham (1935) to the workshop of Anno Knütgen (active c. 1567-81), one of several members of this family who were potting in the Aulgasse area of Siegburg in the second half of the sixteenth century.
Body
Decoration
greyish-buff
Stoneware
presumed ash-glaze
Glaze
Accession number: C.2005-1928
Primary reference Number: 72991
Old object number: 3885
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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