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Production: Polesworth Pottery
Buff earthenware, thrown, with slip-trailed decoration in dark reddish-brown under yellowish lead-glaze. The jug has an oviform body, a wide cylindrical neck with a projecting lip, and a reeded loop handle. Round the shoulder below a trailed zigzag band are the words 'POLESWORTH POTTERY'. Below are the initials and date 'R.G.1801' in a panel.
History note: Mr Button, by whom sold to Mr Stoner, London, from whom purchased on 12 June, 1908 for £6.10 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Early#
George III
Dated
1801
CE
-
18001
CE
Decoration
composed of
slip
( clay and water mixed to a batter-like consistency)
Body
yellowish
Lead-glaze
Earthenware
Accession number: C.365-1928
Primary reference Number: 74687
Old object number: 2845
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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