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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Jug

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of salt-glazed stoneware, pear-shaped with a wide neck and a reeded loop handle of flattened section, and with detached reliefs applied between four bands of fine roulette work and with a version of the royal arms within a Garter of the Order, crowns, a fleur-de-lys, lions, unicorns, a wyvern, a crowned harp, ships, animals and birds, acorns and flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with stamped relief decoration
Brief description
Jug of salt-glazed stoneware, pear-shaped with a wide neck and a reeded loop handle of flattened section, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1740.
Physical description
Jug of salt-glazed stoneware, pear-shaped with a wide neck and a reeded loop handle of flattened section, and with detached reliefs applied between four bands of fine roulette work and with a version of the royal arms within a Garter of the Order, crowns, a fleur-de-lys, lions, unicorns, a wyvern, a crowned harp, ships, animals and birds, acorns and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 72 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:937-1885

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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