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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

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug and cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and pewter mount. Bulbous body, with waisted neck and loop handle, the body painted with Indian plants and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and pewter mount
Brief description
Jug and cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and with pewter mount, made at Sinceny pottery factory, France, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Jug and cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and pewter mount. Bulbous body, with waisted neck and loop handle, the body painted with Indian plants and insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.3cm
  • Diameter: 18.3cm
  • Depth: 20.6cm
  • Weight: 1.350kg
Marks and inscriptions
'.S.' (Painted in blue on the base)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Sinceny.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Guillemé Brulon, Dorothée, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998
Collection
Accession number
C.7-1924

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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