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

Jug

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of red stoneware covered with white slip, of rounded body, shape number 316, with a curved rim which is dotted with rust and forms a pouring lip, and with a curved handle that is decorated with a rust coloured line, and with a band of painted decoration in the form of waved lines in rust, black, grey and yellow with soluble buff, and the resulting ovoid shapes is infilled with various colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, slip and filled
Brief description
Jug of red stoneware covered with white slip, possibly designed by Minnie McLeish, made by Carter, Stabler & Adams Ltd., Poole, ca. 1930.
Physical description
Jug of red stoneware covered with white slip, of rounded body, shape number 316, with a curved rim which is dotted with rust and forms a pouring lip, and with a curved handle that is decorated with a rust coloured line, and with a band of painted decoration in the form of waved lines in rust, black, grey and yellow with soluble buff, and the resulting ovoid shapes is infilled with various colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11cm
  • Diameter: 11cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CARTER / STABLER / ADAMS Ltd / POOLE / ENGLAND' [within a rectangle] (Impressed)
  • '316' [incised] (Shape number)
  • '/FF' (Pattern code, painted)
  • '. / N / .' [unidentified paintress's insignia] (Painted)
Object history
Poole Pottery. cat. No. 6, 1936, 16 p., ill.
Bibliographic reference
The Poole potteries : February to April 1978, London, HMSO, 1978
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.629-1975

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Record createdNovember 6, 2008
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