Cream Jug
1840-1841 (made)
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Object Type
This small jug for serving milk or cream could have been purchased on its own to add glamour to the tea or dinner table. Alternatively, it may once have been part of a set of silver tea equipment which normally consisted of a teapot, a coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar basin.
Time
Although based upon 18th-century Rococo design, as in the scroll and shell ornament, the style of this jug demonstrates the 19th century's preference for bulging, curved sinuous forms. In terms of sheer quantity of production the Rococo Revival was the most popular 19th-century style, particularly in commercial silver. It was the earliest of the stylistic revivals and from its first emergence in the 1820s and 1830s its inspiration was drawn largely from France.
Manufacturer
The jug was made by the inventive silversmith, Benjamin Smith lll. He came from a silversmithing background and during his career worked on pioneering projects such as the Summerley's Art Manufacturers design reform venture organised by Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A.
This small jug for serving milk or cream could have been purchased on its own to add glamour to the tea or dinner table. Alternatively, it may once have been part of a set of silver tea equipment which normally consisted of a teapot, a coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar basin.
Time
Although based upon 18th-century Rococo design, as in the scroll and shell ornament, the style of this jug demonstrates the 19th century's preference for bulging, curved sinuous forms. In terms of sheer quantity of production the Rococo Revival was the most popular 19th-century style, particularly in commercial silver. It was the earliest of the stylistic revivals and from its first emergence in the 1820s and 1830s its inspiration was drawn largely from France.
Manufacturer
The jug was made by the inventive silversmith, Benjamin Smith lll. He came from a silversmithing background and during his career worked on pioneering projects such as the Summerley's Art Manufacturers design reform venture organised by Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver gilt, cast and chased |
| Brief description | Silver, parcel-gilt, London hallmarks for 1840-1, mark, of Benjamin Smith III |
| Physical description | Revived rococo. |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
The designer of this cream jug used many of the motifs that were fashionable in France in about 1730-1760 as elements of the Rococo style. These included the scrolls used for the handle, the frilled, shell-like edging (known as rocaille) on the rim, and the asymmetrical leaf motifs round the body.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Made in London by Benjamin Smith junior (born in 1793, died in 1850) |
| Summary | Object Type This small jug for serving milk or cream could have been purchased on its own to add glamour to the tea or dinner table. Alternatively, it may once have been part of a set of silver tea equipment which normally consisted of a teapot, a coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar basin. Time Although based upon 18th-century Rococo design, as in the scroll and shell ornament, the style of this jug demonstrates the 19th century's preference for bulging, curved sinuous forms. In terms of sheer quantity of production the Rococo Revival was the most popular 19th-century style, particularly in commercial silver. It was the earliest of the stylistic revivals and from its first emergence in the 1820s and 1830s its inspiration was drawn largely from France. Manufacturer The jug was made by the inventive silversmith, Benjamin Smith lll. He came from a silversmithing background and during his career worked on pioneering projects such as the Summerley's Art Manufacturers design reform venture organised by Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.119-1960 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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