Context (Other owners)
Collected by Arthur Edwin Macandrew during the 30 years he lived in Peru, where he was the manager of a sugar plantation. He donated his collection to the Colchester Museum in July 1931; the collection was subsequently transferred to MAA in 1947.
Event Date 1931
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Context (Related Documents)
The collection said, on the Colchester label, to come from Chimbote and Trujillo.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa

Context (References)
(1932). The Colchester & Essex Museum Annual Report, 1931-1932. Colchester: Cullingford & Co., Ltd. pp. 4 & 53.
Event Date 1932
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1947.319 A-C: 'Three stirrup-spout jars representing frogs, in red and white.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1947.319 B-C: 'Two stirrup-spout jars representing frogs, in red and white.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bichrome stirrup spouted vessel, reconstructed from two sherds, in the form of a frog; consisting of upright cylindrical rim, mouth sitting at an angle on the stirrup; stirrup handle sitting along the back of frog shaped body. The frog is depicted with large lenticular eyes with slight brow ridge and small rounded ears; nose is flat and connects directly to upper lip; pointed wide mouth with incised line separating lips; back and front legs folded; back of body with ridged shape. Body largely covered in white slip; areas of red slip along back and at back of body; applied red decoration on eyes, ears and for lines along nose and around mouth; sides of face with red curvilinear lines. Material orange in colour with gritty temper.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck