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

Jug

ca. 1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. Body of roughly pear-shape with a lip spout, moulded scroll handle and shallow foot-rim. Painted with an oriental pattern of flowering prunus, leaves, rocks, and a horizontal red line below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted
Brief description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1754
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. Body of roughly pear-shape with a lip spout, moulded scroll handle and shallow foot-rim. Painted with an oriental pattern of flowering prunus, leaves, rocks, and a horizontal red line below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.8cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.81-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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