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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Staffordshire (made) Yorkshire (made)

Jug of salt-glazed stoneware, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped with wide mouth and flat loop handle. Painted on one side with a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape under a tree and on the other with ruins; on the front a green panel outlined in pink inscribed 'I M' in black. Inside, at the top a narrow blue border.

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Categories	Ceramics Stoneware
Object type	Jug
Materials and techniques	Salt-glazed stoneware, painted in enamels Stoneware Salt Glaze Enamel Glazed Painted
Brief description	Jug, salt-glazed stoneware painted in enamels, made in Staffordshire or Yorkshire, dated 1764
Physical description	Jug of salt-glazed stoneware, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped with wide mouth and flat loop handle. Painted on one side with a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape under a tree and on the other with ruins; on the front a green panel outlined in pink inscribed 'I M' in black. Inside, at the top a narrow blue border.
Dimensions	Height: 20.3cm Diameter: 14.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	'I M' (Inscribed in black on front)
Gallery label	Jug Made in Staffordshire or Yorkshire, dated 1764 Salt-glazed stoneware C.77-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history	London, Stoner & Evans, 1927. Ex Lane Collection.
Subjects depicted	Shepherds Landscapes
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.77-1938

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Record created	March 31, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O149822/jug-unknown/

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