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jug
Object Type
jug
Museum number
1887,0210.105
Description
Jug; salt-glazed stoneware; pear-shaped; grooved handle with scroll at lower end; fine, grey stoneware, with two belts of purplish-black and white marbling; stamped ornaments in fine white clay applied: a church, two Chinese cranes, two Merry Andrews, and a scroll (or the letter C) below the handle.
Producer name
Made by:
John Dwight
Production date
1690-1695
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Fulham
Materials
stoneware
Technique
salt-glazed
marbled
stamped
applied
Dimensions
Height:
18.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum
(F14)
Burton 1904 / A History and Description of English Earthenware and Stoneware
(Fig. 11 opp. p44)
Gaimster 1997 / German Stoneware 1200 - 1900
(173)
Location
On display
(G46/dc9)
Subjects
church
bird
Associated names
Emblem of:
Charles II, King of England
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Willett
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1887,0210.105