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Factory:
Ansbach faience factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Hanau faience factory
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with birds and floral sprigs; pewter mounts
Buff earthenware tin-glazed, except for the underside of foot, and painted in blue. The jug has an ovoid body with shallow oblique ribs, a tall narrow neck, horizontaly reeded, and pinched at the top to form a lip. The handle in the form of a plait has at the top a pewter mount hinged to the cover, which has a finial of a depressed ball shape. The whole jug is scattered with small blue birds and floral sprigs. Around the top of the neck there is a criss-cross border. The plaited handle is outlined in broad blue strokes.
History note: Edward Sherard Kennedy collection; sold Christie's, 1894; bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25.8 cm
Height: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1730
Jugs with this type of scattered floral sprigs, dots and birds were made in severl German cities. This example has been attributed to either Ansbach in Bavaria or Hanau in Hesse. Comparable jugs were also made in Nürnberg. See Documentation.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Mount
composed of
pewter
Foot
Diameter 10.8 cm
Jug
Accession number: C.2851-1928
Primary reference Number: 74134
Old object number: 127
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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