Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Jug

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and barrel-shaped with four hoops in relief, a wide loop handle of flattened section, and projecting lip, and painted on each side in pink, blue, yellow, purple and green with a large bouquet of roses and other flowers and a bird, and smaller sprigs, and under the spout is a shield with the arms of Warburton quartering Dutton, painted in red, of quarterly 1 and 4 argent a chevron between three cormorants sable, 2 and 3 quarterly argent and gules, and in the second and third quarters a fret of the first.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels
Brief description
Jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and barrel-shaped with four hoops in relief, a wide loop handle of flattened section, and projecting lip, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and barrel-shaped with four hoops in relief, a wide loop handle of flattened section, and projecting lip, and painted on each side in pink, blue, yellow, purple and green with a large bouquet of roses and other flowers and a bird, and smaller sprigs, and under the spout is a shield with the arms of Warburton quartering Dutton, painted in red, of quarterly 1 and 4 argent a chevron between three cormorants sable, 2 and 3 quarterly argent and gules, and in the second and third quarters a fret of the first.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 218 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:930-1885

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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