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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Apostle

Jug
ca. 1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of salt-glaze stoneware moulded in relief with the 'Apostles'. Straight sides with eight facets and contracting to a low splayed foot of the same plan. Large pouring-lip and cut away edge. Vertical angular handle with scrolls and reliefs. Sides moulded with canopied gothic niches, each containing a standing figure of a saint, among whom may be St. James the Great, a King, two bishops and three figures holding books or a scroll who may be the Apostles. Gothic panelling and other details in relief on the foot and lip. Two bearded grotesque masks at the top of the handle, one looks inwards and the other outwards. Foliage at the bottom of the band. Under the base is an applied shaped and stamped bat with the Royal Arms of England supported by a lion and unicorn in relief at the top, and foliations at the bottom.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleApostle (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glaze stoneware moulded in relief
Brief description
Jug of salt-glaze stoneware moulded in relief with the 'Apostles', Charles Meigh & Co., Hanley, ca. 1842.
Physical description
Jug of salt-glaze stoneware moulded in relief with the 'Apostles'. Straight sides with eight facets and contracting to a low splayed foot of the same plan. Large pouring-lip and cut away edge. Vertical angular handle with scrolls and reliefs. Sides moulded with canopied gothic niches, each containing a standing figure of a saint, among whom may be St. James the Great, a King, two bishops and three figures holding books or a scroll who may be the Apostles. Gothic panelling and other details in relief on the foot and lip. Two bearded grotesque masks at the top of the handle, one looks inwards and the other outwards. Foliage at the bottom of the band. Under the base is an applied shaped and stamped bat with the Royal Arms of England supported by a lion and unicorn in relief at the top, and foliations at the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'REGISTERED / March 17th 1842 / by CHARLES MEIGH / Hanley' (Impressed in relief)
  • 'M' (Impressed)
  • '6' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Miss Edith Clarke
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.11-1958

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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