Jug
ca. 1780 (made)
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Jug of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamels and of barrel shape with a spreading base and mouth, projecting lip and a flat loop handle. On one side is a rococo-scrolled panel with eight men sitting in a cock-pit watching a cock fight. On the other side in a scrolled rococo panel is a dead deer and a game-bird suspended at the sides, and a game cock.
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Materials and techniques | Earthenware transfer-printed in black enamels |
Brief description | Jug of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamels and of barrel shape with a spreading base and mouth, projecting lip and a flat loop handle, made in England, ca. 1780. |
Physical description | Jug of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamels and of barrel shape with a spreading base and mouth, projecting lip and a flat loop handle. On one side is a rococo-scrolled panel with eight men sitting in a cock-pit watching a cock fight. On the other side in a scrolled rococo panel is a dead deer and a game-bird suspended at the sides, and a game cock. |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | The print of men sitting in a cock-pit watching a cock fight is after Hogarth's print. |
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Other number | Sch. II 390 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:1091-1885 |
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Record created | May 1, 2009 |
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