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Jug: C.2015-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Frechen pottery (Probably)

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Description

Brown salt-glazed stoneware jug with a bulbous body and cylindrical neck

Grey stoneware, thrown with applied handle, coated with brown iron-wash, and salt-glazed. The jug has a bulbous body standing on a slightly spreading base, a cylindrical neck, and a small angular strap handle. There are turned bands round the base, the junction of the neck and body and below the rim at the top. The salt-glaze is coarse and mottled in varying shades of brown, one side being much darker than the other.

Notes

History note: Found in 1911 on Trinity College property in Gifford Place (behind the Blue Boar) on the site of the old Manor House; sold to Mr Morley, 20 Halifax Road, Cambridge; bought from him with another item for £1.10s. in March 1912 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Frechen ⪼ Rhineland ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century, second half#
Renaissance
Circa 1550 - 1600

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Diameter 8.2 cm
Body
Exterior

Materials used in production

buff-grey Stoneware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2015-1928
Primary reference Number: 76570
Old object number: 3559
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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

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