IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77381 accession number: MAR.C.55-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle, incised decoration coloured in cobalt-blue, and salt-glaze. The jug has an ovoid body contracting into a short cylindrical neck with a slight lip. There is a horizontal cordon at the level of the upper junction of the handle, which has a longitudinal ridge, and a hole on top for the attachment of a mount. On the front is an incised stylized floral spray curving around a striped medallion with a petal edging (perhaps a flowerhead), on either side of which is a stem and two spots. The lower junction of the handle is surrounded by a blue line with curved strokes projecting on each side, and a curl at the bottom. The neck has two horizontal blue bands above and below the cordon, and below that, a row of ten incised ovals filled in with blue. A short distance above the edge of the base there is a blue horizontal band. The underside of the base is inscribed faintly in a black substance '1697/A.n. D' object type: salt-glazed stoneware jug with incised decoration coloured in cobalt-blue, with horizontal bands and strokes on the neck, stylized flowers and a striped medallion below the lip, and on either side, a stem and spots title: jug NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before C.B. Marlay LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C. B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77381 TECHNIQUES ---------- grey stoneware, thrown, with applied handle, incised decoration coloured in cobalt-blue (smalt), and salt-glaze throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: salt-glazed stoneware category: German stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1675 - 1725 creation date earliest: 1675 creation date latest: 1725 culture: 17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Westerwald pottery DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 40.6 dimension: Width units: cm value: 25 CITATIONS -------- German Stoneware 1200-1900 Archaeology and Cultural History The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey The Exquisite Life of Charles Brinsely Marlay I Turned It Into a Palace, Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_MAR_C_55_1912_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_MAR_C_55_1912_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_MAR_C_55_1912_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_MAR_C_55_1912_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_MAR_C_55_1912_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_MAR_C_55_1912_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_MAR_C_55_1912_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/MAR_C_55_1912_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_MAR_C_55_1912_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels