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Jug

ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ironstone china jug, painted with many different coloured enamels with figures, birds and floral borders. With gilding around the rim.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Ironstone china, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Jug, made at the factory of E. & C. Challinor, Fenton, Staffordshire, decorated in Canton, about 1865, ironstone china painted in enamels and gilt
Physical description
Ironstone china jug, painted with many different coloured enamels with figures, birds and floral borders. With gilding around the rim.
Marks and inscriptions
Obscured by enamel
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Jug made at the factory of E. & C. Challinor, Fenton, Staffordshire, EnglandCanton about 1865
Ironstone china, painted in enamels and gilt

C.84-1997
Production
Made by E. & C. Challinor and decorated in Canton. Another jug with the mark of E. &. Challinor and Canton enamelling and gilding is known: see Object Information File.
Bibliographic references
  • See Ceramics & Glass Section Object Information file
  • Passion for Porcelain: masterpieces of ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. p.37
  • See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.32
Collection
Accession number
C.84-1997

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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