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

Jug

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
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.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 390 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1091-1885

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Record createdMay 1, 2009
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