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Jug

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
John Phillips & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
North Hylton (made)

Jug of cream coloured earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and painted with enamels and pink lustre. Bulbous body with a short cylindrical neck with a projecting lip, and loop handle. On the front are verses entitled 'Forget me not'. On one side is a print of a man o' war, the 'Northumberland 74', and on the other 'A South East View of the Iron Bridge over the Wear near Sunderland Foundation Stone laid by R. Burdon Esqr Sepr 24 1793 opened Augt 9 1796'. Beneath the view are inscribed 'Cast Iron 214 tons Wrought do. 46' and 'Height 100 feet, Span 236'.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and painted with enamels and lustre
Earthenware
Enamels
Lustre
Transfer-Printed
Painted
Brief description
Jug of cream coloured earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and painted with enamels and pink lustre, John Phillips & Co., North Hylton, ca. 1815.
Physical description
Jug of cream coloured earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and painted with enamels and pink lustre. Bulbous body with a short cylindrical neck with a projecting lip, and loop handle. On the front are verses entitled 'Forget me not'. On one side is a print of a man o' war, the 'Northumberland 74', and on the other 'A South East View of the Iron Bridge over the Wear near Sunderland Foundation Stone laid by R. Burdon Esqr Sepr 24 1793 opened Augt 9 1796'. Beneath the view are inscribed 'Cast Iron 214 tons Wrought do. 46' and 'Height 100 feet, Span 236'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Diameter: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J. PHILLIPS HYLTON POTTERY' (Signature on print)
  • 'Forget me not' (On the front)
  • 'Barten' (Signature on the front)
  • 'Northumberland 74' (On the side)
  • 'A South East View of the Iron Bridge over the Wear near Sunderland Foundation Stone laid by R. Burdon Esqr Sepr 24 1793 opened Augt 9 1796' (On the side)
  • 'Cast Iron 214 tons Wrought do. 46' (Beneath the view)
  • 'Height 100 feet, Span 236' (Beneath the view)
  • 'The sailor tost in stormy seas, / Though far his bark may roam, / Still hears a voice in every breeze / That wakens thoughts of home: / He thinks upon his distant friends, / His wife, his humble cot; / And from his inmost heart ascends / The prayer Forget me not!' (Surrounded by a wreath of flowers)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Jug
Made in Sunderland , about 1815
Mark: the print signed 'J PHILLIPS HYLTON POTTERY'
Earthenware, painted in pink lustre

3662-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Wreath
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3662-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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