Jug
ca. 1755-60 (made)
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Beer jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth, and loop handle of flattened section, and painted under the lip with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, in Highland dress, and inscribed 'P C', in a rococo-scrolled frame between two large sprays of thistles and pink roses, and with borders in pink and green diaper and flowers, and at the base and top of the handle are red foliate scrolls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth, and loop handle of flattened section, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1755-60 |
| Physical description | Beer jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth, and loop handle of flattened section, and painted under the lip with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, in Highland dress, and inscribed 'P C', in a rococo-scrolled frame between two large sprays of thistles and pink roses, and with borders in pink and green diaper and flowers, and at the base and top of the handle are red foliate scrolls. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'P C' [With one letter on either side of the portrait] |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. 'Jacobite Ceramics' English Ceramic Circle Transactions Vol. 20, Part 3 (2009), fig.54 |
| Other number | Sch. II 217 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:929-1885 |
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| Record created | February 27, 2009 |
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