IDENTIFIERS
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id:	76863
accession number:	EC.1-1940

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 26 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive green, brownish-yellow and manganese purple; pewter mount. The jug stands on a high moulded foot. It has an ovoid body, a cylindrical neck with a male mask in relief on the front, a loop handle with a short 'tail' on its lower end, and a shallow cover attached by means of a pewter hinge and fan-shaped thumb-rest attached to the top of the handle. On the front there is an oval medallion, framed by C scrolls, flowers and foliage, enclosing the race between Atalanta and Hippomenes in a landscape. The rest of the body is decorated with detached sprays of flowers, and garlands The mask has manganese-purple hair, beard, and eyebrows, dark yellowish-brown lips, and blue eyes. There are double yellow horizontal lines round the top of the neck, its junction with the body, and above the junction of the body and foot. On the back of the handle there are three floral sprays. The cover has a central bunch of flowers and detached buds.
title:	jug

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs Hutchinson, in memory of Professor A. Hutchinson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76863

PEOPLE
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Hutchinson, Arthur
Atalanta
Hippomenes

SUBJECTS
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drinking
racing
racing



TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, olive-green, ochre-yellow, and manganese-purple, with a pewter mount and thumbpiece attached to the top of the handle and cover
tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: French faïence

DATING
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creation date:	1740 - 1750
creation date earliest:	1740
creation date latest:	1750
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Olérys and Laugier

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 31.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 15.2



CITATIONS
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Faïences françaises XVIe-XVIIIe siècles
Comment connaître une faïence de Moustiers
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