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

Jug

1874 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of light blue stoneware with incised and applied decoration painted with dark blue and brown enamels. Globular body, with an expanding mouth with projecting lip, and loop handle. Decorated with scrolled foliage in blue on a brown ground, the midribs being marked by rows of applied white bands.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised and applied decoration painted with enamels
Brief description
Jug of light blue stoneware with incised and applied decoration painted with enamels, decorated by Frank A. Butler, Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, 1874.
Physical description
Jug of light blue stoneware with incised and applied decoration painted with dark blue and brown enamels. Globular body, with an expanding mouth with projecting lip, and loop handle. Decorated with scrolled foliage in blue on a brown ground, the midribs being marked by rows of applied white bands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DOULTON LAMBETH' (Impressed within an oval medallion)
  • 'F A B' (Monogram of the decorator, incised)
  • 'B' (Impressed)
  • '3' (Impressed)
  • 'A1' (Incised)
Gallery label
Jug Frank A. Butler, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, 3794-1901(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at Lambeth Art Pottery.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3794-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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