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

Jug

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

Cream jug of bone china painted with enamels and gilded in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. Helmet-shaped with a loop handle. On the front are two birds in a landscape painted in a panel bordered with gilt scrollwork and reserved on a turquoise-blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cream jug of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Cream jug of bone china painted with enamels and gilded in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. Helmet-shaped with a loop handle. On the front are two birds in a landscape painted in a panel bordered with gilt scrollwork and reserved on a turquoise-blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LL' enclosing 'm' with a short stroke below (In blue, in imitation of the Sèvres mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.691-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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