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

Jug

ca. 1765-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of unglazed red stoneware, and with a pear-shaped body with a reeded loop handle, and rose-engine-turned with wavy horizontal bands varying in width and disposition to give the effect of basketwork, and the foot-rim is beaded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Unglazed red stoneware and engine turned
Brief description
Jug of unglazed red stoneware, and with a pear-shaped body with a reeded loop handle, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1765-85.
Physical description
Jug of unglazed red stoneware, and with a pear-shaped body with a reeded loop handle, and rose-engine-turned with wavy horizontal bands varying in width and disposition to give the effect of basketwork, and the foot-rim is beaded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
A simulated Chinese character
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Bibliographic reference
Barker, David. To put you in mind of a red Pot teapot: English Red Stonewares of the Eighteenth Century. Ars Ceramica. 1996, No. 13.
Other number
Sch. II 241 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1028-1885

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
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