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Cream Jug

ca. 1756-62 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a scroll handle, and a wavy edge moulded in relief with reeding, foliage and shell pattern, forming rococo shaped panels in which are painted insects and flowers in pink. Thick bluish glaze.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and glazed
Brief description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and glazed, Richard Chaffers factory, Liverpool, ca. 1756-62
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a scroll handle, and a wavy edge moulded in relief with reeding, foliage and shell pattern, forming rococo shaped panels in which are painted insects and flowers in pink. Thick bluish glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 5.25 and 5.121, where dated ca. 1756-62
Collection
Accession number
C.1262-1924

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Record createdJune 10, 2009
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