Cream Jug
ca. 1775 (made)
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Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. Of baluster shape with a thin loop handle and sparrow-beak spout. Decorated with transfer-printed designs in underglaze blue, on one side with an oriental garden dominated by a zigzag fence in the foreground. The reverse bears the unusual subsidiary design composed of an island, with a hut and trees, while two birds fly overhead. Round the top on the inside and outside a double line in underglaze blue. The handle ornamented with an elongated foliate spray.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue |
Brief description | Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Suffolk, England, ca. 1775 |
Physical description | Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. Of baluster shape with a thin loop handle and sparrow-beak spout. Decorated with transfer-printed designs in underglaze blue, on one side with an oriental garden dominated by a zigzag fence in the foreground. The reverse bears the unusual subsidiary design composed of an island, with a hut and trees, while two birds fly overhead. Round the top on the inside and outside a double line in underglaze blue. The handle ornamented with an elongated foliate spray. |
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Marks and inscriptions | An open crescent, in underglaze blue |
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Accession number | C.90-1977 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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