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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Agate ware, press-moulded and covered in lead-glaze.
Agate earthenware made with light red, white and blue clays and lead-glazed. The press-moulded jug is a baluster shape with a wavy rim. The jug stands on three feet, moulded to resemble paws with lion masks, and has a loop handle with notches cut into the terminal.
History note: Provence unidentified before Mr Stoner, York Street, Westminister; sold by Mr Stoner about 1896 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher bequest.
Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1765
CE
This baluster-shape is sometimes known as ‘silver-shape’ because it imitates a common shape for silver jugs. The use of three feet, moulded to resemble paws and lion masks, is another common feature of silverware.
agate effect of body created by wedging together different colour clays
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Press-moulding
: Press-moulded earthenware covered with clear lead-glaze
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.652-1928
Primary reference Number: 75754
Old catalogue number: 59
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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