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

Jug

ca. 1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Pear-shaped body, lip spout and ear-shaped roll-handle. The body is decorated with an oriental design comprising of a bat, a vase, and a Chinese garden fence. The border has a trellis design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Jug of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1785
Physical description
Jug of porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Pear-shaped body, lip spout and ear-shaped roll-handle. The body is decorated with an oriental design comprising of a bat, a vase, and a Chinese garden fence. The border has a trellis design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A hatched crescent (Printed in blue)
Credit line
Given by W.H. Maund, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. II.B.26, where dated ca. 1785
Collection
Accession number
C.67-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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