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

Jug

ca. 1784-1787 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck with projecting lip and a loop handle, and on the front are the letters 'D.P.C' in cornflowers surmounted by an oval wreath of cornflowers, and round the rim and shoulder are borders of gilt flowers and white jewelled dots on a bleu de roiground.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck with projecting lip and a loop handle, Derby, 1784-1787
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck with projecting lip and a loop handle, and on the front are the letters 'D.P.C' in cornflowers surmounted by an oval wreath of cornflowers, and round the rim and shoulder are borders of gilt flowers and white jewelled dots on a bleu de roiground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.9cm
  • Diameter: 16.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in purple on underside)
  • 'D.P.C' [in cornflowers, for Daniel Parker Coke] surmounted by an oval wreath of cornflowers (On the front)
  • Mark and '1' (Inside the footrim, indicates the hand of Thomas Soar.)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Thatcher, London, for £11 in December 1871

Daniel Parker Coke was elected MP for Derby in 1776. In the 1928 catalogue of the Schreiber Collection the jug was dated to 1802 (on the basis of the form of the mark), when Coke was re-elected to Parliament, but it can now be firmly dated to the 1780s. It was possibly made to commemorate Coke's 40th birthday. See Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelse-Derby and early Crossed-Batons useful wares, 1770-c.1790 (2007), pl. 86
Historical context
The initials are those of Daniel Parker Coke (1745-1825) of Trusley and Pinxton, who was elected MP for Derby (on petition) in 1776. He served as the MP for Nottingham from 1780 until 1812, having been re-elected in 1802. The jug was dated to 'about 1802' in the 1928 edition of the catalogue of the Schreiber Collection, but Stephen Mitchell (2007, see References) dates it to 1784-87, suggesting that the initialling beneath the chaplet may indicate that it was made for an anniversary or marriage (and not re-election to Parliament).
Production
Stephen Mitchell (see References) attributes the factory mark and gilding to Thomas Soare
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 86.
Other number
Sch. I 418 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:466-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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