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Milk jug: C.476-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

Red-dry-boded stoneware with engine-turned decoration. The body is barrel-shaped with a slightly expanding mouth, an applied pounted lip, and a reeded strap handle. The whole of the exterior is decorated with turned roups of wavy horizontal bands. The base is impressed with a pseudo Chinese seal mark.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, London, 6 February, 1908, part of lot 227 bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.1 cm
Width: 12.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa 1760 CE - 1775 CE

Components of the work

Base Diameter 5.5 cm
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

unglazed Red dry-bodied stoneware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: square

  • Text: pseudo Chinese seal mark
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark

Inscription present: Rectangular white paper stick-on label with a Prussian blue plant motif in two top corners

  • Text: No 2757/Elers ware milk-/jug with wavy/engine turning./b. at Sotheby's/Feb 6. 1908
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.476-1928
Primary reference Number: 75228
Old object number: 2757

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

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

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