Jug
ca. 1760 (made)
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Jug of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, and loop handle with acanthus-leaf in relief, and the body is moulded into leaf-shaped panels, and on the front is a landscape with a goldfinch and other birds perched on a tree in the foreground and buildings in the distance, and a goose and other birds flying are scattered over the remainder of the body, and round the neck is a border of leaves in relief between two bands if scrollwork in purple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief |
| Brief description | Jug of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, and loop handle with acanthus-leaf in relief, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Jug of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with an ovoid body, cylindrical neck, and loop handle with acanthus-leaf in relief, and the body is moulded into leaf-shaped panels, and on the front is a landscape with a goldfinch and other birds perched on a tree in the foreground and buildings in the distance, and a goose and other birds flying are scattered over the remainder of the body, and round the neck is a border of leaves in relief between two bands if scrollwork in purple. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for £4 5 shillings in December 1866 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 498 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:542-1885 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2009 |
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