Jug

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.

Place of Origin

Worcester, England (made)

Date

ca. 1760 (made)

Artist/maker

Hancock, born 1726 - died 1817 (engraver)
Royal Worcester (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain transfer-printed and over-painted in lilac enamel, and moulded in relief

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm, Diameter: 19.7 cm

Object history note

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'.

Descriptive line

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. 1760.

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Painted; Moulded; Transfer-printed

Subjects depicted

Man; Woman; Dog; Insects; Boys; Butterfly; Cows; Milkmaid; Yoke

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics

Collection code

CER