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Production: Unidentified Harlow pottery (Probably)
Jug. Earthenware with slip-trailed decoration under lead glaze. Oviform body with flaring neck, pinched up into a lip at the front, and loop handle. On the body, above a row of foliated crosses, is the inscription 'FOR EARTH I AM'.
History note: Purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher from Sotheby's, July 14th, 1927, lot 19, for £10.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Probably Harlow area
Body
Decoration
Accession number: GL.C.38-1928
Primary reference Number: 77059
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 4953
Duplicate: GI.C.38-1928
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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