Metalwork Design
1845
1845
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Design for a silver milk jug with a scroll handle, on the body a scene of two dogs chasing a pheasant. Profile, shown in full size 115 x 155.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and grey wash on wove paper, the corners rounded. |
| Brief description | Design for a silver milk jug, by an anonymous English designer, C. 1845 |
| Physical description | Design for a silver milk jug with a scroll handle, on the body a scene of two dogs chasing a pheasant. Profile, shown in full size 115 x 155. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the recto “Design for Milk Pot Hunt & Roskill” and on the verso in pencil with the same words. |
| Gallery label | This is a rare survival of a mid-19th century silver design for quite a modest domestic vessel. It is for a silver cream jug, although the design is actually inscribed ‘milk pot’. The mixture of styles is typical of the medium and period. The handle has a Rococo scroll form, although it is less graceful than 18th century versions. The spout is based on an even earlier 17th century form. The decoration is rather poorly drawn. It would look better when it was engraved or chased on the finished vessel. A hunting scene with dogs was a popular motif in the 19th century. |
| Object history | Bought from Mr C. A. Earnshaw with one other for £7. The inscription refers to the London firm of Hunt & Roskell, active between 1843 to 1897. |
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| Accession number | E.5026-1960 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2003 |
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