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

Jug

ca. 1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and painted with enamels and gilded. Egg-shaped body moulded with a cabbage leaf-pattern. Cylindrical neck, lip moulded with a bearded mask, and scroll handle. In front within a medallion is a royal coronet enclosed by a garter. On the other side is a group of flowers in gold. Round the neck is a formal border in blue and gold with festoons below.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, probably decorated in Worcester by Robert Chamberlain's factory, ca. 1783-1793
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and painted with enamels and gilded. Egg-shaped body moulded with a cabbage leaf-pattern. Cylindrical neck, lip moulded with a bearded mask, and scroll handle. In front within a medallion is a royal coronet enclosed by a garter. On the other side is a group of flowers in gold. Round the neck is a formal border in blue and gold with festoons below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Conversion from the Register
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.46-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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