Jug
ca. 1760 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with a pear-shaped body, spreading foot, projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, and painted on one side with a group of exotic birds among bushes, and a single bird on a branch on the other.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with a pear-shaped body, spreading foot, projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with a pear-shaped body, spreading foot, projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, and painted on one side with a group of exotic birds among bushes, and a single bird on a branch on the other. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Ganz, Amsterdam, for [illegible] in August 1867. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 327 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:366-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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