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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Cream Jug

mid 1950s (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain cream jug, oval in section, flaring upwards to a wide horizontal mouth with large everted lip. The exterior, but not the handle is green glazed and has an irregular linear grid pattern scratched through, revealing the white porcelain body below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with sgraffito decoration and colour glaze
Brief description
Cream jug, porcelain with sgraffito decoration and colour glaze, manufactured by Chodziez, Poland, mid 1950s.
Physical description
Porcelain cream jug, oval in section, flaring upwards to a wide horizontal mouth with large everted lip. The exterior, but not the handle is green glazed and has an irregular linear grid pattern scratched through, revealing the white porcelain body below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.8cm
  • Width: 23.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '6' / 'CHODZIEZ MADE IN POLAND 6' all within a triangle (Printed in green)
  • '14573h' and [indistinct mark] (Hand painted in black enamel)
Object history
See also C.119, 121-1991 for others from this set.
Collection
Accession number
C.120-1991

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Record createdNovember 6, 2008
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