Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware jug, tin-glazed in white and blue and painted in opaque white
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed white on the inside, and blue on the outside, and painted in opaque white. The jug stands on a low foot. It has a fluted, bulbous lower part, a wide octagonal neck with a projecting lip, and a strap handle with a small thumb rest at the top. The blue exterior is decorated in white with a band round the foot and another at the shoulder, below which is band with eight spots below it alternating with three pendant strokes, probably representing leaves. The angles of the octagonal neck are striped, and there are five leaves under the lip. The back of the handle is decorated with eight horizontal leaves, and a narrow vertical leaf at the lower end.
Notes
History note: Bought in England at an unknown date by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 15.5 cm
14.5
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measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
19th Century
Circa
1820
-
1880
Note
Blue tin-glaze was used in Italy during the sixteenth century and in France and England in the late seventeenth century, but the shape of this jug indicates that it was probably made in the nineteenth century, possibly in France.
Components of the work
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
( white inside and blue outside)
Decoration
composed of
tin-glaze
( white)
Foot
Diameter 8.5 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Buff earthenare, moulded, with applied moulded handle, tin-glazed white inside and blue outside, and painted in opaque white
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3020-1928
Primary reference Number: 76839
Old object number: 735
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
