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

Jug

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and with an ovoid body, spreading foot and expanding mouth with a lip moulded in the form of the head of a man wearing a cocked hat, and painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and with an ovoid body, spreading foot and expanding mouth with a lip moulded in the form of the head of a man wearing a cocked hat, and painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Diameter: 15.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgeish, London, for £5 in May 1869.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 407 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:364-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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