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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

1737 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug for cider of tin-glazed earthenware. Pear-shaped and painted with a polylobate panel with Saint James standing in a landscape with churches and buildings, under which is inscribed 'I. 1737 D.'. The rest of the jug painted in colours with lambrequins, cornucopias, flowers and arabesques.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Jug for cider of tin-glazed earthenware, Rouen, dated 1737.
Physical description
Jug for cider of tin-glazed earthenware. Pear-shaped and painted with a polylobate panel with Saint James standing in a landscape with churches and buildings, under which is inscribed 'I. 1737 D.'. The rest of the jug painted in colours with lambrequins, cornucopias, flowers and arabesques.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.8cm
  • Base depth: 22.6cm
  • Width: 21.8cm
  • Weight: 2.360cm
Marks and inscriptions
'I. 1737 D.' (Inscribed under the landscape)
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
455-1870

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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