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

Cream Jug

1926 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of stoneware. In the form of a squat, red-cheeked pixie with green tunic, cap and shoes. The top of the head is open to form the mouth of the jug. The pixie is saluting with his left hand, and the curve of the elbow forms the handle of the jug. The name Mabel Lucie Attwell is on one side of the leg.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware
Brief description
Cream jug of stoneware, designed by Mabell Lucie Attwell, made by Shelley Potteries Ltd., Longton, 1926
Physical description
Cream jug of stoneware. In the form of a squat, red-cheeked pixie with green tunic, cap and shoes. The top of the head is open to form the mouth of the jug. The pixie is saluting with his left hand, and the curve of the elbow forms the handle of the jug. The name Mabel Lucie Attwell is on one side of the leg.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.5cm
  • Width: 6.3cm
  • Length: 10.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mabel Lucie Attwell' (On one side of the leg)
  • 'Shelley' [within an elongated shield] / 'England' (On the base)
  • 'Rd.724421' (On the base)
Gallery label
Tea Service Designed by Mabell Lucie Attwell, made by Shelley Potteries Ltd., Longton, Staffordshire; 1926 Stoneware Circ. 158&A, 159, 160-1974
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.160-1974

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Record createdMay 8, 2008
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