IDENTIFIERS
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id:	74883
accession number:	C.4.51-1964

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: White earthenware with blue-tinted lead-glaze, transfer-printed in black. The glaze appears most blue on the base. Cylindrical mug, with recessed base, lacking its handle and  a section of the side and a section of the  rim missing.  The side opposite to the handle there is an oval medallion enclosing a little boy holding his hat up in his left hand and riding astride a dog with the word 'DOCILITY' below. The medallion has a roughly kidney-shaped frame enclosing the inscription 'ALTHO A TRIFLE THIS MAY SEEM IT [gap] A PLEDGE MY ESTEEM'.
title:	mug

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Found in London (outside the City boundary) by G.F. Lawrence of Wandsworth, and given by him to Bernard Rackahm (1876-1964)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74883


SUBJECTS
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dog
hat
boy
dog
hat
boy



TECHNIQUES
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white earthenware with slightly blue tinted lead-glaze, transfer-printed in black
lead-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: pottery

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1840
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1840
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 6

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 8



IMAGES

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