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Production:
Unidentified Cologne pottery
Production:
Unidentified Frechen pottery
Stoneware with thumbed base , turned neck, and applied relief decoration, partial light brown wash, and salt-glaze; silver-gilt mounts and cover with engraved and embossed and chased decoration.
Stoneware, thrown, with thumbed base, turned neck, applied moulded relief decoration, light brown wash on the lower part and handle, and salt-glaze; silver-gilt mount and cover with engraved and embossed and chased decoration. The jug has an ovoid body with a spreading base, which is concave underneath and thumbed round the edge. It has a slender, turned neck and a small strap handle. Around the shoulder is a row of eighteen petalled flowerheads in relief. Attached to the handle is a silver-gilt mount for the hinged thumbpiece and domed cover. The mount on the handle is engraved with a winged cherub's head and scrolls. The thumbpiece has a cast finial in the shape of two entwined twigs with an acorn on each. The cover is embossed and chased with three arrangements of fruit and foliage, and has a cast vase-shaped finial surmounted by a stepped pinnacle.
C. B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 30 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, second half#
1550
CE
-
1559
CE
Made in Cologne or Frechen
Jug
composed of
stoneware
( buff)
Mount And Cover
composed of
silver-gilt
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Duaneter 10 cm
Body
Decoration
Lower Part, Handle
Inscription present: circular white paper stick on label; the j is a script capital joined to a lower case e
Accession number: MAR.C.53-1912
Primary reference Number: 77379
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: E.36.1903
Accession Number: E.P.287
Accession Number: E.9.1909
Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.97
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