Hop-trellis
Milk Jug
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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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.
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Title | Hop-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. |
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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 |
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Other number | Sch. I 585 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:613-1885 |
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Record created | January 26, 2009 |
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