Jug
ca. 1812 (made)
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Jug of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip and loop handle. On the front is a scene described underneath 'Conflagration of Moscow, seen from the Kremlin on the 14th September 1812'. On one side is represented a Russian attacking a French soldier with an axe, and on the other side a Russian peasant carrying diminutive French soldiers hanging from his musket and spitted on his bayonet, and a little boy astride of a French eagle standard. The neck is inscribed 'Europe preserved September 14th, 1812' and 'Hourrah Your Serene Highness ! !'. The same inscription is repeated above the view of Moscow. The figure subjects are inscribed 'Specimen of Russian Chopping Blocks', 'So you'r the last ! says this brave honest man, Now Nap return to Russia if you can', and 'A Russian boor returning from his field sports'. Also inscriptions in Russian.
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Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels |
Brief description | Jug of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1812. |
Physical description | Jug of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip and loop handle. On the front is a scene described underneath 'Conflagration of Moscow, seen from the Kremlin on the 14th September 1812'. On one side is represented a Russian attacking a French soldier with an axe, and on the other side a Russian peasant carrying diminutive French soldiers hanging from his musket and spitted on his bayonet, and a little boy astride of a French eagle standard. The neck is inscribed 'Europe preserved September 14th, 1812' and 'Hourrah Your Serene Highness ! !'. The same inscription is repeated above the view of Moscow. The figure subjects are inscribed 'Specimen of Russian Chopping Blocks', 'So you'r the last ! says this brave honest man, Now Nap return to Russia if you can', and 'A Russian boor returning from his field sports'. Also inscriptions in Russian. |
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Gallery label | Jug depicting the burning of Moscow by the French in 1812
Made in Staffordshire, about 1812
Lead-glazed earthenware
3645-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008) |
Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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Accession number | 3645-1901 |
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Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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