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Harvest jug: Gl.C.61-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Earthenware, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze. Bulbous body, neck pinched into a lip at the front, with a loop handle. On the front a heart and crossed arrows with the words 'cupids Dart wounded my hart' and the date 1728. Below, a tulip spray between two birds; at the sides thistle and tulip sprays. Two birds above compartments enclosing the initials IS and a thistle below the handle. Round the shoulders, the following inscription: 'When you your frinds you do inuite there hearts and for to chear/O then i pray make use of me and fill me with strong beer/And when that you togather sitt yourselues for to diuert Then fill your cup and drink about a health with all your heart'.

Notes

History note: Mr Mallett, London; from whom purchased for £38 on 1y May 1924 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 33 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early
George II
Production date: dated AD 1728

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip
Body

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1728
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Date
  • Text: IS
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: cupids Dart wounded my hart
  • Location: On front
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: When you your frinds you do inuite there hearts and for to chear/O then i pray make use of me and fill me with strong beer/And when that you togather sitt yourselues for to diuert Then fill your cup and drink about a health with all your heart
  • Location: Round the shoulders
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: Gl.C.61-1928
Primary reference Number: 77089
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 4420

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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