Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware jug painted in polychrome with sprays of flowers, and a ribbon inscribed 'Lamalou Les Bains' in black.
Red earthenware, thrown, with applied moulded handle, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and black. The jug has an ovoid body with a narrow cylindrical neck, pinched into a lip at the front. The handle is moulded with a thumb rest at the top and another protrusion about two-thirds of the way down its back. On the front, is a blue-edged, wavy ribbon inscribed in black with the name' Lamalou Les Bains'. Above, below, and on either side there is a floral spray with a red flower, blue buds and green leaves. There are two horizontal blue bands round the junction of the neck and body and a border of blue loops around the lip and top edge. On the top of the handle there are six short blue strokes, and down its back, elliptical strokes of graduated sizes.
Notes
History note: Chambery, Savoy, where bought in 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
19th Century, Late
1880
-
1900
Note
Lamalou les Bains is a small spa town in the Hérault département of Occitanie in Southern France. The jug may have been made to sell to tourists who went there to drink the waters.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, red, and black)
Visible Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 8.8 cm
Body
Handle
Surface
Materials used in production
pale red
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Lamalou Les Bains
- Location: On ribbon on front
- Method of creation: Painted in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2383-1928
Primary reference Number: 76742
Old object number: 2327
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 24 June 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
