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Fair Hebe Jug: C.33-1934

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Fair Hebe Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Richard Meir Astbury's Factory
Proprietor: Astbury, Richard Meir
Modeller: Voyez, John

Entities

Categories

Description

Cream earthenware, with slightly blue-tinted lead-glaze, decorated with coloured glazes

Notes

History note: Cecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke; sold Puttick & Simpson, London, 20-23 November 1934, Catalogue of an Important Collection of Old English Pottery, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Revelstoke, lot 87

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 24.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-11-20) by Puttick & Simpson

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Production date: circa AD 1788 : date of model by John Voyez

Note

The jug was made after a model by John Voyez (1835-1800). Hebe was the subject of a song adapted from Part I of A Pastoral Ballad in Four Parts (1743), by William Shenstone (1714-1763). This origin is supported by a teapot modelled by Voyez, decorated with a portrait medallion of Shenstone on one side, and Fair Hebe and her lover on the other.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ASTBURY
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: RMA
  • Location: On outside of jug
  • Method of creation: Moulded integrally with body
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: I VOYEZ/1788
  • Location: On outside of jug
  • Method of creation: Moulded integrally with body
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.33-1934
Primary reference Number: 74569
Glaisher additions number: Gl. Add.50-1934

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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