Cream Jug

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

Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet-shaped on a circular pedestal foot. Ear-shaped loop handle with thumb rest at the top. Inside the rim are five pendant motifs of scrolls combined with sprays of leaves and flowers, painted in pink, purple, iron-red and green enamels. On the outside are scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves painted in purple.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cream jug, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1782-90, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet-shaped on a circular pedestal foot. Ear-shaped loop handle with thumb rest at the top. Inside the rim are five pendant motifs of scrolls combined with sprays of leaves and flowers, painted in pink, purple, iron-red and green enamels. On the outside are scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves painted in purple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Height converted from imperial
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Cream jug
made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1782-90
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels

C.88-1966 Given by Ralph Fastnedge, Esq., D.F.C., B.A., in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Credit line
Given by Ralph Fastnedge DFC, BA, in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Production
The decoration corresponds to New Hall's hard-paste pattern no. 121.
Collection
Accession number
C.88-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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