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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug and Cover

middle of 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug and cover. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with enamels, pewter mount; Bulbous body, with waisted neck and loop handle, the body painted with a landscape in an elaborate rococo cartouche.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and pewter mount
Brief description
Jug and cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, possibly painted by Alexandre Daussy, made at Sinceny pottery factory, France, ca. 1750
Physical description
Jug and cover. Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with enamels, pewter mount; Bulbous body, with waisted neck and loop handle, the body painted with a landscape in an elaborate rococo cartouche.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Width: 18.1cm
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
  • Weight: 1.270kg
Marks and inscriptions
'AD' (Painted in bleu on the bottom, perhaps for Alexandre Daussy)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Sinceny. According to Lee A. Warmont, Les Faiences de Sinceny, 1864, p. 14, the 'AD' monogram is perhaps for the painter Alexandre Daussy.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948,
Collection
Accession number
C.6-1924

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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