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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,0307,K.33
Description: Jug, white stoneware, translucent, cylindrical neck horizontally ribbed and mounted with silver; globular body with narrow band of basket work and three applied moulded reliefs: Cupid with lion, pastoral scene and two Cupids with torches. Marked.
Producer name: Factory of: John Turner (?); Originally retailed by: James Mist
Production date: 19thC(early) (probably)
Production place: Factory in: Lane End (?); Retailed in: Fleet Street (City of London) (no.82;?)
Materials: stoneware; silver
Technique: moulded; applied; relief
Dimensions: Diameter: 3.50 inches (with handle); Height: 2.90 inches
$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 (K33); Godden, 1964 / Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks (443, no. 2720) (1970 ed.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: myth/legend; classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,K.33

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