Jug
ca. 1760 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, and painted on either side with groups of birds, one side in a landscape and the other perched on a branch, and below the lip are painted insects, the rim has a brown edge, and the handle is painted with conventional ornament in crimson.
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, and pear-shaped with a projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a projecting lip and scrolled loop handle, and painted on either side with groups of birds, one side in a landscape and the other perched on a branch, and below the lip are painted insects, the rim has a brown edge, and the handle is painted with conventional ornament in crimson. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Skinner, London, for £6 in February 1868. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
| Production | See note on Sch. I 317. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 324 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:100-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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