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When this you see Remember me
Production: unidentified English pottery
Lead-glazed creamware transfer printed in black with verse inside floral border.
Cream-coloured earthenware covered in a clear lead glaze and transfer-printed onglaze in black with overglaze painting in black enamel. The cylindrical mug has a loop handle. Opposite the handle is a transfer printed verse: ‘When this you see Remember me / And keep me in your mind / Let all the World say what they will / Speak of me as you find’. The verse is framed by a rectangular floral border at the top of which is the bust of a winged figure, possibly representing Time, who points to the inscription. The rim is painted with black enamel.
History note: Provence unidentified before Mr Freeman, Cambridge, who sold for 10/- in March 1905 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1775
CE
-
Circa
1800
CE
This mug may have been intended as a keepsake or love token. The verse on the front of the jug is common on printed pottery produced across Staffordshire and Northern England. It is often paired with images of sea-faring to create tokens that sailors or travellers could give to their loved ones when they embarked on long voyages. The absence of any specific allusions to the sea on this mug means it could have served for any lovers parted by distance or time or simply looking for a token of their enduring love.
Rim
composed of
enamel
( black)
Body
Handle
black
Ceramic printing colour
clear
Lead-glaze
cream-coloured
Earthenware
Transfer printing
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: octagonal stick-on paper label
Accession number: C.734-1928
Primary reference Number: 75949
Old catalogue number: 2249
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "When this you see Remember me" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75949 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:33:33
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