Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

ca. 1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug, earthenware; white body with light cream glaze. Squat swelling form with short straight neck and pinched spout. Ear-shaped handle. The body with deliberately thrown rings on the outside. The side decorated with four vertical areas of solid brown, straight on one side and wavy on the other, alternating with four cream areas on which are painted vertical brown stalks with stylised brown leaves and round apricot fruit. Super-imposed on two opposing cream areas is a continuous green line forming a series of loops. The inside of the neck is decorated with a wavy green line and pale mauve dots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Jug, earthenware painted in enamel colours, designed by Susie Cooper, made by Wood & Sons, England, ca. 1933
Physical description
Jug, earthenware; white body with light cream glaze. Squat swelling form with short straight neck and pinched spout. Ear-shaped handle. The body with deliberately thrown rings on the outside. The side decorated with four vertical areas of solid brown, straight on one side and wavy on the other, alternating with four cream areas on which are painted vertical brown stalks with stylised brown leaves and round apricot fruit. Super-imposed on two opposing cream areas is a continuous green line forming a series of loops. The inside of the neck is decorated with a wavy green line and pale mauve dots.
Dimensions
  • Width: 16.9cm
  • Length: 14.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Susie Cooper signature and 1933' (Painted in brown)
  • 'M69' (Painted in brown)
Gallery label
Jug Designed by Susie Cooper, decorated by Susie Cooper Pottery Co., made by Wood & Sons, England, about 1933 Earthenware painted in enamel colours C.183-1986(23/05/2008)
Collection
Accession number
C.183-1986

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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