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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Jug

ca. 1600 to 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Buckinghamshire (made)
England (made)

Jug of red earthenware with designs in white slip under a greenish-brown glaze. Reddish-brown sandy body. Pear-shaped with cylindrical neck and loop handle. Slip decoration of vine leaves and grapes. No lip on spout. Grooved strap handle. Triple thumbed at bottom. Ridged base, slightly concave.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware with white slip and a greenish-brown glaze
Earthenware (Red)
Slip (Coating)
Lead Glaze
Slip-Coated
Glazed
Brief description
Jug of reddish-brown earthenware with applied white slip decoration in the form of grape vines and a brown-green glaze. English, probably Buckinghamshire, about 1600-50
Physical description
Jug of red earthenware with designs in white slip under a greenish-brown glaze. Reddish-brown sandy body. Pear-shaped with cylindrical neck and loop handle. Slip decoration of vine leaves and grapes. No lip on spout. Grooved strap handle. Triple thumbed at bottom. Ridged base, slightly concave.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 25.4cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 16.2cm
Gallery label
Jug Probably English, about 1600-1650 Lead-glazed earthenware with trailed slip decoration C.60-1915 Given by Lord Devonport Excavated at Wiltington, Buckinghamshire(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Lord Davenport
Object history
Excavated at Wittington, Buckinghamshire.
Given by Lord Devonport.
Originally thought to be about 1400.
Historical context
Presented by Lord Devonport of 41 Grosvenor Place, S.W. on 2 March 1915. 735/15
Temporary entry pending creation of acquisition record.
Production
Found in Wittington Park.
Subjects depicted
Vine Leaves
Grapes
Bibliographic references
  • Letter from Lord Devonport to the Director, 1 March 1915
  • Bernard Rackham, Medieval English Pottery (London: Faber & Faber, 1948), pl.91.
  • Rackham, Bernard & Read, Herbert, English Pottery (London: Benn, 1924), fig.20.
  • Rackham, Bernard, Early Staffordshire Pottery, (London: Faber & Faber, 1951), p.13.
  • Rackham, Bernard, "Staffordshire Slip Ware", English Ceramic Circle, trans.no.3 (1935),, p.58.
  • Honey, W.B., English Pottery and Porcelain (London: Black, 1947), p.15.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.60-1915

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Record createdSeptember 29, 1998
Record URL
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