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Production: Unidentified Bunzlau pottery
Buff stoneware with lustrous brown glaze (Lehmglazur), decorated in pale buff clay with moulded reliefs of the Paschal Lamb flanked by sprays of stylized flowers and foliage
Buff stoneware, thrown, with applied handle and separate cover, lustrous brown glaze (Lehmglazur), decorated in pale buff lay with moulded and applied reliefs. The jug has an ovoid body standing on a solid foot, a conical neck with a pinched lip, and a strap handle. The circular, slightly convex cover has a knob in the shape of a three-cornered hat or bud. The front below the lip is decorated with a relief of the Paschal Lamb or Agnus Dei holding a flag, which has on each side, a wavy spray with three flowers and foliage.
History note: Gerson Neustadt, Junkernstrasse 36, Breslau from whom purchased for 10 marks on 20 July1910 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1750
-
1775
Bunzlau in Silesia, became part of Prussia following the Peace of Breslau in 1742. It is now in Poland and known as Boleslawiec. Unlike much Germanic stoneware its products were not salt-glazed, but had a lustrous brown glaze known as Lehmglasur.
Surface Outside
composed of
glaze
( lustrous brown, Lehmglazur)
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Body
Decoration
Exterior
buff Stoneware
Accession number: C.2080 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73082
Old object number: 3245
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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