Ewer and Cover
ca. 1760-1770 (made)
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Wide-mounted jug on flaring foot and with angular handle painted brown, the body painted in green and black with flowers and the edges emphasised with feathering in black and green; the cover is similarly painted, but more finely so, and as it has a glaze of a different tint and a naturalistic cover finial painted purple-pink, it may not be original to the ewer
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware ewer, with painted plants, possibly made at Savy pottery factory, Marseilles, France, ca.1760-1770 |
| Physical description | Wide-mounted jug on flaring foot and with angular handle painted brown, the body painted in green and black with flowers and the edges emphasised with feathering in black and green; the cover is similarly painted, but more finely so, and as it has a glaze of a different tint and a naturalistic cover finial painted purple-pink, it may not be original to the ewer |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray |
| Object history | Given to Mr Rosenheim by Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons, who stated that he purchased it at Hove. Bought at the Rosenheim sale, 3, May 1923, lot 222. |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, ca. 1750; reattributed to factory of Veuve Perrin; illustrated in Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 51, as Savy factory, ca. 1760-70. |
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| Accession number | C.258-1923 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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