Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Jug

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of earthenware transfer-printed in black. Barrel-shaped with a spreading base and mouth, flat loop handle and projecting lip. On one side is a shield of arms charged with a sheaf of corn and various agricultural implements flanked by a milkmaid with a churn and a labourer with a scythe, with a plough for the crest and two scrolls, the one above inscribed 'IN GOD IS OUR TRUST'. On the other side is a rococo medallion enclosing a landscape with houses, a stream and bridge, and a church in the distance. In front a smaller oval medallion has a figure of Diana seated with her hound beneath a tree, with a cupid flying above her. Below the lip are painted the initials 'I.P.'. Black line round the rim and foot-rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black
Brief description
Jug of earthenware, transfer-printed in black by Thomas Fletcher at Shelton, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Jug of earthenware transfer-printed in black. Barrel-shaped with a spreading base and mouth, flat loop handle and projecting lip. On one side is a shield of arms charged with a sheaf of corn and various agricultural implements flanked by a milkmaid with a churn and a labourer with a scythe, with a plough for the crest and two scrolls, the one above inscribed 'IN GOD IS OUR TRUST'. On the other side is a rococo medallion enclosing a landscape with houses, a stream and bridge, and a church in the distance. In front a smaller oval medallion has a figure of Diana seated with her hound beneath a tree, with a cupid flying above her. Below the lip are painted the initials 'I.P.'. Black line round the rim and foot-rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 13.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'IN GOD IS OUR TRUST' (On the side in a scroll)
  • 'T. Fletcher, &c., Shelton' (Signature on the print)
  • 'I.P.' (Painted in script capitals below the lip)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 360 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1093-1885

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Record createdApril 29, 2009
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