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Man holding a Jug
Factory: Le Nove Porcelain Factory (Probably)
Greyish-white glazed hard-paste porcelain
Greyish-white hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed; the base made separately from the figure. The man stands on a circular base with a tree stump on the viewer's right. He steps forward on his left leg and leans forward, twisting his body to his right. He holds a bulbous jug with a strap handle and trilobate mouth with a small spike on either side of the lip, supporting its base with his left hand hand its lip with his right. The base is supported on a hollow waisted cylindrical pedestal moulded on the exterior with stylized leaves, and having a narrow gadrooned border at the top.
History note: Purchased at a shop in Rochester Row, Westminster, for 22s. 6d. on 19 May 1924 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
Attributed to Doccia by Rackham, but the construction of the base suggests that it was made at Le Nove in the Veneto.
Base Diameter 4.4 cm
Press-moulding
: Greyish-white hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, and glazed
Glazing
Accession number: C.3212-1928
Primary reference Number: 74511
Old object number: 4391
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Man holding a Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74511 Accessed: 2024-12-22 19:20:30
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