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

Cream Jug

ca. 1790-1797 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. On a circular foot, with out-splayed sides and angular shoulder; large curved spout and plain strap handle. Painted on the sides with one large and one smaller spray of flowers and leaves painted in purple, iron-red and two tones of green. Below the lip, a zig-zag border painted in iron-red and intespersed with blue dots.


Object details

Categories
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 1790-97, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Cream jug in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. On a circular foot, with out-splayed sides and angular shoulder; large curved spout and plain strap handle. Painted on the sides with one large and one smaller spray of flowers and leaves painted in purple, iron-red and two tones of green. Below the lip, a zig-zag border painted in iron-red and intespersed with blue dots.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8cm
Height converted from imperial
Marks and inscriptions
'N298' (Pattern number painted in red)
Gallery label
Cream jug made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1790-97 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.89-1966 Given by Ralph Fastnedge, Esq., D.F.C., B.A., in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Ralph Fastnedge DFC, BA, in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Collection
Accession number
C.89-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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