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Windsor Castle Cricket Scene Jug



Date:
1830 - 1837
Object Number:
M.2016.77
Creator
Goodwins and Harris (potters)
Production notes
Metropolitan Scenery Series
Material
ceramic, earthenware
Size
ht x w x depth: 64 x 48 x 70 cm
Object name
jug
Object category
ceramics

Description

Very large, blue and white, transfer-printed jug. Scenes depicting Windsor Castle with a cricket match in the fore-ground; a view of a river town from a hill top and floral decoration on rim, foot and handle. ‘Richard & John Shaw, Dealers in Glass China and Earthenware, Abergaveney, 1837’. Part of the Metropolitan Scenery Series

Display caption

Windsor Castle Cricket Scene Jug, circa 1837 Goodwin and Harris Earthenware Large, blue and white, transfer-printed jug showing Windsor Castle with a cricket match in the fore-ground repeated four times around the top and base. The scene is copied and adapted from a print of 1793 showing a match at Lord’s between the Earls of Winchilsea and Darnley. Museum Number: M.2016.77 MCC Collections: Purchased, 2016
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