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Mug: C.46-1997

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified factory

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Description

Yellow-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in faint dark brown and banded in silver (platinum) lustre

Yellow-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in faint dark brown and banded in silver (platinum) lustre. Cylindrical wtih a loop handle. Decorated on the front with an elongated octagonal frame decorated with flower heads reserved in a striated ground, enclosing the inscription 'For my dear Boy' with a length of 'rope' below and a lenth of 'rope' and a flower above. The rim is encircled by a lustre band.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before donor, G.H.W. Rylands, Litt.D., CBE, CH, King's College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands

Measurements and weight

Height: 5 cm
Width: 6.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997-07-14) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

1820s
George IV
Circa 1820 CE - 1830 CE

Note

Probably made in Staffordshire or Tyneside

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( faint dark brown)

Materials used in production

yellow Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: For my dear Boy
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Transfer-printed in faint dark brown
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.46-1997
Primary reference Number: 75187

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

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

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