Cream Jug and Cover
ca. 1810 (made)
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Cream jug and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Of cylindrical form, rounded above and below and rising from a small stepped pedestal foot; with domed cover and finial knob. High loop-handle shaped like an ear, with pendant; tapered spout.
Lemon-yellow ground on the cover and in a band round the body, set in which on either side are two gilt-framed octagonal panels, with paintings representing Ceres in a chariot, and the Triumph of Galatea. The foot, handle, spout and knob are gilt.
Lemon-yellow ground on the cover and in a band round the body, set in which on either side are two gilt-framed octagonal panels, with paintings representing Ceres in a chariot, and the Triumph of Galatea. The foot, handle, spout and knob are gilt.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cream jug and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1810 |
| Physical description | Cream jug and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Of cylindrical form, rounded above and below and rising from a small stepped pedestal foot; with domed cover and finial knob. High loop-handle shaped like an ear, with pendant; tapered spout. Lemon-yellow ground on the cover and in a band round the body, set in which on either side are two gilt-framed octagonal panels, with paintings representing Ceres in a chariot, and the Triumph of Galatea. The foot, handle, spout and knob are gilt. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hofmann, Friedrich Hermann, Geschichte der bayerischen Porzellan-manufaktur, Nymphenburg. Leipzig, K. W. Hiersemann, 1923, Abb. 418. |
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| Accession number | C.55&A-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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