Object number
M.06.83
Title
Grand Cricket Match and Oatland Stakes Jug
Date
1793
Creator
Production notes
Engraved and printed by Thomas Fletcher of Shelton company
The Oatland Stakes at Ascot June 1791
Original engraving, by Cook for J. Wheble of London, ... 'Published 1793, by I. Wheble, Warwick Square, London from The Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chace,
Material
Size
height: 18 cm
Description
Staffordshire, creamware, jug. Baluster form printed in black with a cricket match and a horse race. 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
Related objects
T.298 : A Grand Cricket Match, Lord's Ground
M.62.4 : Creamware Punch Bowl
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