Jug
ca. 1769 (made)
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Jug of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Piriform jug with a wide body and low foot rim, and pinched-out beak-like lip for pouring, outlined with slight rocaille moulding. Scrolled rococo handle. In the front are birds on branches, painted in iron red. Round the rim is a border of vertical stripes in iron red, edged below with rocaille scrollwork, from which depend leaves. Touches of puce on the handle and lip.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and moulded |
| Brief description | Jug of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, decorated by L-V. Gerverot, made by Weesp porcelain factory, Weesp, ca. 1769. |
| Physical description | Jug of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Piriform jug with a wide body and low foot rim, and pinched-out beak-like lip for pouring, outlined with slight rocaille moulding. Scrolled rococo handle. In the front are birds on branches, painted in iron red. Round the rim is a border of vertical stripes in iron red, edged below with rocaille scrollwork, from which depend leaves. Touches of puce on the handle and lip. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords with three dots between the points (Painted in underglaze blue) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk |
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| Accession number | C.78-1956 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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