Cream Jug
ca. 1775-1785 (made)
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Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. The body of pear shape, with slightly upturned lip-spout, the handle grooved. The body painted with two Chinese buildings on islands with rocks, trees and shrubs, the intervening water with three rocks resembling cannon-balls. The border with trellis design, all painted in a greyish underglaze blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, made by Seth Pennington's factory or John Pennington's factory, Liverpool, England, ca. 1775-85 |
| Physical description | Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. The body of pear shape, with slightly upturned lip-spout, the handle grooved. The body painted with two Chinese buildings on islands with rocks, trees and shrubs, the intervening water with three rocks resembling cannon-balls. The border with trellis design, all painted in a greyish underglaze blue. |
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| Credit line | Given by W.H. Maund, Esq. |
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| Accession number | C.68-1969 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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