Jug

ca. 1821-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of bone china transfer-printed in black, painted over with enamels and gilded. Squat body with a tall neck, all in an octagonal ground plan. Squared-off pouting lip and handle in the form of a dragon. Printed in black outline round the body with Chinese figures in three groups of flowering sprays, the ground behind is washed with green and bordered below by a line in gold and edged with red.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china transfer-printed in black, painted over with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of bone china transfer-printed in black, painted over with enamels and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1821-1825
Physical description
Jug of bone china transfer-printed in black, painted over with enamels and gilded. Squat body with a tall neck, all in an octagonal ground plan. Squared-off pouting lip and handle in the form of a dragon. Printed in black outline round the body with Chinese figures in three groups of flowering sprays, the ground behind is washed with green and bordered below by a line in gold and edged with red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SPODE FELSPAR PORCELAIN'

    Note
    Within a wreath printed in black

  • '24'

    Note
    Impressed

  • '3644'

    Note
    In red enamel

Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B.E. Nichols
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.124-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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