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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law

Jug
1847 (made), 1847 (registered)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug in white Parian with lavender glaze background, with relief-moulded figures of Naomi and her daughters-in-law. Figures probably taken from a painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleNaomi and Her Daughters-in-Law (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Relief-moulded white parian and coloured glaze
Brief description
Jug, stoneware with lavender glaze and with relief-moulded figures of Naomi and her daughters-in-law, taken from a painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill. Probably modelled by Hugues Protât, made by Samuel Alcock & Sons, Cobridge, 1847.
Physical description
Jug in white Parian with lavender glaze background, with relief-moulded figures of Naomi and her daughters-in-law. Figures probably taken from a painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Diamond registration mark for 27/04/1847 (Diamond registration mark printed in black)
  • 'Naomi / And Her / Daughters-in-Law' (Title in black script)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Barbara Morris
Object history
This object was formerly in the collection of Barbara Morris, and was bequeathed by her to the Museum. Morris, who had worked in the V&A's Circulation Department, was a pioneer in the study of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts. She had a particular interest in ceramics and glass of the period, examples of which she collected avidly. The figures of Naomi and her daughters-in-law on this jug were taken from a painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill (1817-1880) and were probably modelled by Hugues. Protât modelled the same subject as a group for Minton & Co.
Production
Attribution note: Figures taken from a painting by Henry Nelson O'Neill (1817-1880) and probably modelled by Hugues Protât. Protât modelled the same subject as a group for Minton & Co.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceBook of Ruth
Bibliographic reference
Henrywood, R.K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900. Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. 159 p., pp. 161-162. ISBN 0907462588.
Collection
Accession number
C.339-2009

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Record createdNovember 18, 2010
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