Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): 1836; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, jug, slip-coated, earthenware, slip-coated with incised and impressed decoration under lead glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [GL.C.46-1928]
Description: Red earthenware, the front smeared with white clay with incised and impressed decoration under yellow lead glaze flecked with dark brown. Pear-shaped body with reeding round the middle. Wide neck pinched into a lip in front, and a loop handle with longitudianal ridge, and three thumb impressions at the base. Incised on the front is the name and date 'Henry Paton (?) Ely July (?) 18 1836'. Impressed, to the right, is the mark 'M LUCAS ELY'.