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Jug

Jug

  • Place of origin:

    Longton, England (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1755-1760 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Longton Hall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Glassy soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels and moulded

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst

  • Museum number:

    C.263-1940

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case E, shelf 1

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This jug was probably made to hold beer, cider or perry. Many other pieces from the Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire have a similar clumsy bulbous form, as do wares from the West Pans factory in Scotland. William Littler, who was a trained potter, was manager at both these factories. This suggests that Littler himself did some of the design or modelling, or that he employed the same modellers or mould-makers at both factories.

Physical description

Jug of soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels, and moulded in relief. Pear-shaped with a wide mouth and spreading foot. Moulded with growing pinks, primulas and foliage. Green twisted twig handle. Painted with small bouquets and sprigs of flowers.

Place of Origin

Longton, England (made)

Date

ca. 1755-1760 (made)

Artist/maker

Longton Hall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Glassy soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels and moulded

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm, Diameter: 13.3 cm

Descriptive line

Jug of soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels, and moulded in relief, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755-1760.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Young, Hilary. English Porcelain, 1745-95. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. 229p., ill. ISBN 1851772820.

Materials

Soft paste porcelain

Techniques

Painted; Moulded; Slip-cast

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Foliage; Vines

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics

Collection code

CER

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