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

Cream Jug

ca. 1782-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet-shaped on a circular pedestal foot. Ear-shaped loop handle with thumb rest at the top. Inside the rim are five pendant motifs of scrolls combined with sprays of leaves and flowers, painted in pink, purple, iron-red and green enamels. On the outside are scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves painted in purple.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cream jug, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1782-90, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet-shaped on a circular pedestal foot. Ear-shaped loop handle with thumb rest at the top. Inside the rim are five pendant motifs of scrolls combined with sprays of leaves and flowers, painted in pink, purple, iron-red and green enamels. On the outside are scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves painted in purple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Height converted from imperial
Gallery label
Cream jug made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1782-90 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.88-1966 Given by Ralph Fastnedge, Esq., D.F.C., B.A., in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Ralph Fastnedge DFC, BA, in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Production
The decoration corresponds to New Hall's hard-paste pattern no. 121.
Collection
Accession number
C.88-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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