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

Cream Jug

ca. 1768-73 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Bucket shape, moulded in the form of a quilt or lozenge pattern, with a shaped rim and loop handle. Painted with stylised flower heads set in the centre of each lozenge and a lattice border on the inside rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, Derby Porcelain Factory, ca. 1768-73
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Bucket shape, moulded in the form of a quilt or lozenge pattern, with a shaped rim and loop handle. Painted with stylised flower heads set in the centre of each lozenge and a lattice border on the inside rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Length: 12.6cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Register - attributed to Lowestoft.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Bradley, H. G. Ceramics of Derbyshire 1750-1975. London : Gilbert Bradley, 1978. 102 p., pl.141.
  • For this shape and pattern, see Geoffrey A. Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain, 2004, pl. 253, where dated ca. 1768-73
Collection
Accession number
C.477-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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