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Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
White salt-glazed stoneware bear jug with applied shredded clay fur, and details in brown slip
Off-white stoneware, thrown in two parts, with applied ears, muzzle, chain, rear feet and forelegs, applied chippings of clay to simulate fur, and details added in brown slip before salt-glazing. The bear has a tubby body with a cylindrical neck and is made to rest upright on its haunches or crouching on its hind feet with front legs extended. The head is detachable to serve as a cup and has a three-link chain through a hole in the top of the muzzle. The head and body are covered in chippings of clay fur. There are three lines of brown slip on each of its feet, and short dashes on the edge of its ears, and the end of its muzzle, and tongue. The lower part of the cup is plain with twelve circles of brown spots around central spots. The eyes are formed by flattened circles of clay filled with brown slip.
History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 31 October 1919, lot 55; bought for £5.5s.0d. by Mack on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
CE
-
1760
CE
This bear jug is very close in appearance to C.501 & A-1928.
Decoration
composed of
brown slip
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Body
Depth 22.6 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Body And Head
Ears, Limbs
off-white Stoneware
Accession number: C.503 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75327
Old object number: 4682
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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