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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cream Jug

ca. 1758-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped, with scroll handle. Moulded in relief with fluting, foliage and rococo scrollwork forming reserved panels in which are painted Chinoiserie landscapes, and sprays of flowers; diaper border within the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, Vauxhall porcelain factory, England (London), ca. 1758-60
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped, with scroll handle. Moulded in relief with fluting, foliage and rococo scrollwork forming reserved panels in which are painted Chinoiserie landscapes, and sprays of flowers; diaper border within the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Previously attributed to Liverpool in the register.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • For this pattern, see Simon Spero, 'Vauxhall porcelain: A Tentative Chronology', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 18, part 2 (2003), fig. 43, where dated ca. 1758-60
  • For this pattern, see also The English Ceramic Circle, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), cat. 129, where dated ca. 1758-60
Collection
Accession number
C.824-1924

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Record createdMay 22, 2009
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