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

Cream Jug

ca. 1792-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet shaped, moulded in narrow vertical panels, the loop handle with thumb-piece proceeding in an unbroken line upwards from the rim. Plain circular pedestal foot. Painted on either side with a large crude flower with smaller flowers and leaves; one one within a wreath-like panel of purple herring-bone pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cream jug, made by A. & E. Keeling, Staffordshire, about 1792-1810, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Cream jug of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Helmet shaped, moulded in narrow vertical panels, the loop handle with thumb-piece proceeding in an unbroken line upwards from the rim. Plain circular pedestal foot. Painted on either side with a large crude flower with smaller flowers and leaves; one one within a wreath-like panel of purple herring-bone pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
Gallery label
Cream jug made by A. & E. Keeling, Staffordshire, England about 1792-1810 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.90-1966 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
Production
Acquired as 'probably Caughley'. Reattributed to 'Factory X', now identified as A. & E. Keeling.
Collection
Accession number
C.90-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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