Jug
1764-1770 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With an ovoid body, wide neck tapering slightly upwards, projecting lip and a scrolled loop handle. On the front is painted the initial 'G' under a baron's coronet and the initial is surrounded by a wreath of flowers and barley, and the back has sprays of flowers and insects. The handle is decorated with leafy scrolls in red.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, West Pans factory, West Pans, 1764-1770. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With an ovoid body, wide neck tapering slightly upwards, projecting lip and a scrolled loop handle. On the front is painted the initial 'G' under a baron's coronet and the initial is surrounded by a wreath of flowers and barley, and the back has sprays of flowers and insects. The handle is decorated with leafy scrolls in red. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'G' (Painted on the front of the jug) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The initial 'G' is perhaps for John, 11th Baron Gray (1716-1782) in the Peerage of Scotland. Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Emerson Norman, Norwich, for £10 in November 1872. Acquired as Bow porcelain. This was number 319 in the Schreiber Collection where it is described as Derby porcelain, about 1760. In 1963, the opinion of the then curator was that the jug itself had been made at Longton Hall about 1752-5 but later painted at West Pans about 1764-70 in William Littler's workshop. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 319 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:99-1885 |
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| Record created | January 5, 2009 |
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