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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

1761-1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of hard-paste porcelain painted with red and purplish-brown enamels. Pear-shaped with a scrolled handle and lead-moulded lip spout picked out in red. Painted on one side with a man leaning on a stick and carrying a spade over his left shoulder. On the other side is a man holding up a pistol, and between them is a large moth. Borders and festoons of foliate scrolls in red.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with red and purplish-brown enamels and moulded
Brief description
Jug of hard-paste porcelain, Hewelcke porcelain factory, Venice, 1761-1763.
Physical description
Jug of hard-paste porcelain painted with red and purplish-brown enamels. Pear-shaped with a scrolled handle and lead-moulded lip spout picked out in red. Painted on one side with a man leaning on a stick and carrying a spade over his left shoulder. On the other side is a man holding up a pistol, and between them is a large moth. Borders and festoons of foliate scrolls in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'V' (Incised and painted in red)
Gallery label
JUG Porcelain Mark: "V" incised, and painted in red ITALY (VENICE, HEWELCKE); 1761-3 Gift of Lt-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O. through the National Art-Collections Fund C.70-1928 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
d'Agliano, Andreina (ed). Porcellane Italiane dalla Collezione Lokar, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2013. Published with dual text in Italian and English. See pp64-65, number 25, catalogued by Elisabetta dal Carlo, for another coffee pot of this shape, complete with its cover, enamelled in colours with floral sprays.
Collection
Accession number
C.70-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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