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Sussex Pig
Production: Rye Pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware flask, in the shape of a Sussex pig, painted in bluish-grey.
Pale buff earthenware, moulded, with incised mouth and inscription, tin-glazed white and painted in bluish-grey. The stylised pig is made in two parts: body, and head, which is attached by means of a projection which latches into a hole at the top of the rim of the body. On the top of the body next to the junction with the head is the inscription 'wunt be druv'. The pig is painted all over with circles, ovals, hearts, spots and squiggles, and with two large oval shapes on the ears. The pig is accompanied by a red cardboard rectangular box and cover (C.27B & C-1996), with a white label on the top, printed in black with a line border enclosing an image of the pig and the inscription 'The Sussex Pig/RYE POTTERY/RYE SUSSEX ENGLAND'. Inside the box is a folding label of the same design with an inscription (C.27D-1996)
History note: New Century Antiques, Kensington Church Street, London, W.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 8.0 cm
Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1996) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
20th Century, Mid#
Circa
1953
-
1970
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( bluish-grey)
Mouth, Inscription
Moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, with incised mouth and inscription, tin-glazed white and painted in bluish-grey.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: folding label of the same design with, on the back on the left
Accession number: C.27 & A-D-1996
Primary reference Number: 73926
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) "Sussex Pig" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73926 Accessed: 2024-12-28 00:12:29
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-28 00:12:29|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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