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

Cream Jug

ca. 1782-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hard paste, expanding convex sides, no handle. Painted round the inside of the lip with flower sprays and red festoons, a spray in the middle. Outside, a spray of flowers and isolated blooms.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cup, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1782-90, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Hard paste, expanding convex sides, no handle. Painted round the inside of the lip with flower sprays and red festoons, a spray in the middle. Outside, a spray of flowers and isolated blooms.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 1 3/4in
  • Taken from register diameter: 3in
Gallery label
Cup made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1782-90 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.13-1962 Given by Mrs George Mathers(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mrs George Mathers
Historical context
Note in Register: From the same service as the saucer C.331-1916 (stated by Mrs. B.B. Gould to be of the New Hall pattern no. 195).
Collection
Accession number
C.13-1962

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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