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Production:
Unknown
(Probably)
Production:
Sinceny Faïence factory
(Perhaps)
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue green, yellow, red, and bluish-black in imitation of the staves and hoops of a wooden jug, with below the handle, the name 'Jasques. Sorel'. The cover is decorated with an exotic bird, a butterfly and scattered flowers
Earthenware, thrown, with applied handle, and a cover attached to the handle by means of a pewter mount with a hinged thumbpiece, Tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and bluish-black. The lower part is cylindrical, and above, the sides slope inwards to a narrow neck with a projecting lip. The handle has a longitudinal depression, and a short tail at its lower end. The body of the jug is decorated with horizontal bands of green, yellow, and red, and vertical panels of blue in imitation of a wooden jug, and under the handle has a horizontal panel enclosing the name 'Jasques.Sorel' painted in bluish-black. The underside of the lip and mouth is decorated with a flying exotic bird (restoration), an insect, and four flower heads. The handle has a red line running down each side, and two knots of ribbon on its back. The cover is decorated with a flying exotic bird, an insect, and seven scattered flower heads.
History note: G. Gouy & Fils, 56 rue Beauvoisine, Rouen, from whom purchased for 50 francs on 10 January 1907 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 22.6 cm
15.2
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
The jug was purchased in Rouen, where the name Sorel is still known (2025), so it seems likely that the jug was made there. However, jugs of this form were also made in Sinceny in northern France which has also been suggested as its place of origin, partly because of the exotic bird on the mouth and cover, which is comparable to long-tailed birds in chinoiserie designs on Sinceny faïence. The Sinceny faïence factory was formally founded in 1737 when Jan-Baptiste de Fayard, the Seigneur of Sinceny was authorized to have a factory in his domaine, but was probably operating since 1733. It was directed by Denis-Pierre Pellevé from Rouen, and initially employed several workmen from that city. A cider jug of comparable form to this one and decorated with the Fayard arms is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, C.631-1909.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and red, dark bluish-black)
Base
Diameter 9.3 cm
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Inscription present: a small lozenge shape is between the two parts of the name
Accession number: C.2291-1928
Primary reference Number: 76699
Old object number`: 2616
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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