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

Jug

ca. 1884 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief. Made in the form of a tripod cooking pot and with a pouring lip and angular handle. Decorated with moulded horizontal lines and two sprays of shamrock running from the handle, picked out in brown and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief
Brief description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief, Belleek pottery, Fermanagh, ca. 1926-46
Physical description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief. Made in the form of a tripod cooking pot and with a pouring lip and angular handle. Decorated with moulded horizontal lines and two sprays of shamrock running from the handle, picked out in brown and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5cm
  • Width: 9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Hound, tower and harp with 'Belleek' and 'County Fermanagh Ireland' / [an interlace Celtic design with semi-uncial inscription] / 'Rd. No. 0857' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss E.Werge-Thomas
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Langham, Marian, 'Belleek Irish Porcelain' Quiller Press, 1993
Collection
Accession number
C.27-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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