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Jug: C.2027-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Frechen pottery

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Description

Brown salt-glazed stoneware jug decorated with an applied bearded face mask, a rosette in relief, and two small impressed heart-shapes

Dark buff stoneware, thrown, with impressed, and applied moulded decoration, partly covered with brown iron wash and salt-glazed. The oviform body contracts at the top into a short neck with cordons round the mouth, and has a small thick loop handle with a broad extension pressed into the body at its lower end. A bearded face mask is applied to the front of the neck, and lower down below it, is an applied moulded rosette. On the shoulders to the right and left of the mask there is an impressed heart-shaped motif. The glaze exhibits the 'orange peel' effect typical of salt-glazing, and the wash has run down in dribbles on the handle side.

Notes

History note: Ownership unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter (max): 25.2 cm
Height: 38.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 - 1699

Components of the work

Base Diameter 14 cm
Body
Decoration
Surface

Materials used in production

dark buff Stoneware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2027-1928
Primary reference Number: 76580
Old object number: R. 2913

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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