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Grand Cricket Match and Oatland Stakes Jug



Date:
1793
Object Number:
M.06.83
Creator
Fletcher & Co. (potters)
Material
creamware
Size
height: 18 cm
Object name
jug
Object category
ceramics tableware

Description

Staffordshire, creamware, jug. Barrel form with handle. Two transfer printed vignettes and floral swags, ‘Grand Cricket Match played in Lord's Ground Mary-le-bone June 20 and following day between the Earls of Winchelsea and Darnley for 1000 Guineas' and 'Oatland Stakes at Ascot. Maker’s name ‘Fletcher & Co’ Shelton’ under pictures.

Display caption

18th century creamware jug Grand Cricket Match and Oakland (sp. Oatland) Stakes Jug With a printed engraving by Thomas Fletcher of Stone-on-Trent c.1793 The illustration on this jug shows an early match at the Lord’s ground. Typically for the time the two teams were raised by cricket-loving aristocrats, the Earls of Winchilsea and Darnley, and played for a wager of 1,000 guineas. Purchased from the Keith Crump collection, 2006
Association:
Thomas Fletcher (artist)
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T.298 : Grand Cricket Match, Lord's
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