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

Jug

ca. 1769 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Mouth diameter: 4.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords with three dots between the points (Painted in underglaze blue)
Gallery label
Jug Decorated by Louis-Victor Gerverot, made by Weesp porcelain factory, Netherlands about 1769 Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels C.78-1956 J. A. Tulk Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.78-1956

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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