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Production: Unidentified Cologne pottery
Brown salt-glazed stoneware decorated with a scrolling stem of wild roses and leaves, and three reliefs of a man's head in profile
Greyish-buff stoneware with pale brown wash, applied moulded relief decoration, and salt-glaze. The mug has a circular base which is slightly concave underneath. It has a bulbous body, a sloping cylindrical neck with a cordon round the shoulder, and a broad strap handle with a vertical depression. The sides are decorated with a scrolling stem bearing wild roses and partly striated leaves, and on the neck there are three similar reliefs of a bearded man wearing a low-brimmed hat in profile to right.
History note: A lady in Essex whose father, a clergyman in London was thought to have collected it; sold to Collins & Clarke, Cambridge, where bought on 6 September 1922 with eight other items from this collection for £20 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, second quarter#
Circa
1525
-
1545
Probably made in the Maximinenstrasse workshop in Cologne
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Body
Decoration
greyish-buff
Stoneware
pale brown
Wash
Accession number: C.2013-1928
Primary reference Number: 72999
Old object number: 3931
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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