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

Hop-trellis

Milk Jug
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Milk jug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, and with a ribbed pear-shaped body, a projecting lip, scalloped rim and wavy loop handle, and the body is painted with garlands of green leaves and red berries hanging between vertical bands of trelliswork in crimson and gold, and with a border in bleu de roienamel edged with gilding that also encircles the base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHop-trellis (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Milk jug of porcelain with the 'hop-trellis' pattern, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Milk jug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, and with a ribbed pear-shaped body, a projecting lip, scalloped rim and wavy loop handle, and the body is painted with garlands of green leaves and red berries hanging between vertical bands of trelliswork in crimson and gold, and with a border in bleu de roienamel edged with gilding that also encircles the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of the same service, based on a ca. 1764 Sèvres service, with 414:605/&A-1885 (Sch. I 584&A); 414:613-1885 (Sch. I 585); 414:621/&A-1885 (Sch. I 586&A); 414:644/&A-1885 (Sch. I 587&A); 414:657/&A-1885 (Sch. I 588&A)
This jug was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dennery Benjamin, Metz, for £1 7 shillings 6 pence in September 1873
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 585 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:613-1885

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2009
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