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

Jug

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip, and foliated loop handle. Painted with a view of Worcester in an eight-sided panel on the front, reserved on a ground of vermiculated pattern in gold. On either side of the neck in an oval medallion are the initials 'N K' in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1810.
Physical description
Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip, and foliated loop handle. Painted with a view of Worcester in an eight-sided panel on the front, reserved on a ground of vermiculated pattern in gold. On either side of the neck in an oval medallion are the initials 'N K' in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Worcester' (Written in red under the base)
  • 'N K' (On either side of the neck in an oval medallion, in gold.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.533-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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