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Production: Unknown (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, greyish-green, yellow, and red with a stem of berries and leaves between and horizontal stripes
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue, greyish-green, yellow and dull red. Barrel-shaped with an applied loop handle. The sides are decorated with a horizontal stem of berries and leaves, between pairs of yellow and green horizontal bands. The back of the handle is painted in blue with four spots, a pair of vertical strokes, and six spots reducing in size towards the bottom. A circular hole at the top of the handle may have been for the attachment of a hinged cover.
History note: Bought at Caen in 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher,
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.6 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second half
Circa
1750
-
1800
This object was catalogued as a mug by Bernard Rackham in 1935, but had been bought as a mustard pot, which, if it had its lid, seems more likely.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, greyish-green, yellow, and red)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Rim
Diameter 5 cm
Body
Accession number: C.2319-1928
Primary reference Number: 76716
Old object number: 102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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