Jug
ca. 1765 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded in the style of Japanese Kakiemon ware. Pear-shaped with a loop handle, projecting lip moulded with a bearded mask, with later silver lip. Decorated on one side are a prunus-tree and chrysanthemums, on the other are other flowering plants, under the lip are two quails, and round the top is a border of close red foliage and gilt flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded with Kakiemon pattern, with later silver lip, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, about 1765. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded in the style of Japanese Kakiemon ware. Pear-shaped with a loop handle, projecting lip moulded with a bearded mask, with later silver lip. Decorated on one side are a prunus-tree and chrysanthemums, on the other are other flowering plants, under the lip are two quails, and round the top is a border of close red foliage and gilt flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Lazarus, London, for £1 in January 1868. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 513 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:97-1885 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2009 |
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