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Object Type
Museum number: 1960,1101.1
Description: Jug; tin-glazed earthenware; commemorating the Restoration of Charles II; painted in blue on a white ground with two panels enclosing a ship, building and trees at the sides and with a central medallion with crowned half-figure of Charles II in blue, yellow and manganese; rope-twisted blue handle connecting globular body to narrow flaring neck with pinched spout; neck and solid spread foot painted with stylised leaves; inscription and date.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1660
Production place: Made in: Southwark
Materials
Ware
Technique: tin-glazed; painted
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Said in Archer 1973 to have been in the Mason Collection
Bibliographic references: Tait 1961 / Southwark (alias Lambeth) delftware and the potter, Christian Wilhelm, part II (pp.28-9 fig.41a&b); Archer 1973 / English Delftware: Engels Delfts aardewerk (29); Dawson 2010 / English and Irish Delftware 1570-1840 (p. 30-1, no. 1); Lipski & Archer 1984 / Dated English Delftware (p.220, fig.973)
Location: On display (G46/dc11)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1973 Mar-Jul, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, English Delftware, cat. 29
Associated names
Associated events: Commemoration of: Restoration
Acquisition name: Purchased from: F Tilley & Co; Purchased through: Sotheby's (25 October 1960 sale, lot 83 from Mrs Meraud Mason)
Acquisition date: 1960
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1960,1101.1
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1899,1006.49 (Duplicate Chelsea saucer-dish sold to pay for this jug)
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