Jug
ca. 1768 (made)
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Jug of porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted in lilac enamel, moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, a crowned bearded mask in relief under the lip, and a rococo scrolled handle, and on the body are three shaped panels outlined with crimson scrolls and reserved on a canary-yellow ground which is diversified with butterflies and other insects painted over it at intervals, and in one of the panels is a milkmaid carrying a pail on her head and another maid being helped by a man, the other panel has a boy conversing with a milkmaid who stands with a yoke on her shoulders beside a pail and near a dog and two cows, and the third panel shows a milking scene with a boy talking to a girl who is milking a cow, and the neck is painted with butterflies on a yellow ground, between a band of flowers and a border consisting of leaf-ornament in relief and roses.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in lilac enamel, and moulded in relief |
| Brief description | Jug of porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted in lilac enamel, moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, a crowned bearded mask in relief under the lip, and a rococo scrolled handle, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1768 |
| Physical description | Jug of porcelain, transfer-printed and over-painted in lilac enamel, moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, a crowned bearded mask in relief under the lip, and a rococo scrolled handle, and on the body are three shaped panels outlined with crimson scrolls and reserved on a canary-yellow ground which is diversified with butterflies and other insects painted over it at intervals, and in one of the panels is a milkmaid carrying a pail on her head and another maid being helped by a man, the other panel has a boy conversing with a milkmaid who stands with a yoke on her shoulders beside a pail and near a dog and two cows, and the third panel shows a milking scene with a boy talking to a girl who is milking a cow, and the neck is painted with butterflies on a yellow ground, between a band of flowers and a border consisting of leaf-ornament in relief and roses. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The print was engraved by Robert Hancock. The subject of the panel with the milkmaid carrying a yoke and talking to a youth is copied from an engraving by Frances Vivares published in 1760, and after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough entitled 'The Rural Lovers'. The subject of the panel with the youth talking to a maid who is milking a cow is after an engraving by Luke Sullivan, published in 1759, of 'A View of Woodburn in Surrey'. Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Button, London, for £20 in July 1884 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 634 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:541-1885 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2009 |
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