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Baluster jug
Potter: Unknown
Buff earthenware, covered except at the foot with a brown flecked green lead glaze. Slender oviform body with slightly expanding neck. Loop handle and wide spreading base.
History note: Found in London. Purchased in 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 32.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
13th Century, Late
14th Century, Early
Circa
1275
-
1325
Found in London
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Foot
Diameter 11.9 cm
Body
Decoration
Accession number: GL.C.2-1928
Primary reference Number: 77038
Old object number: 1767
Duplicate: GI.C.2-1928
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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