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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Cream Jug

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth and wavy edge, and with three mask-and-claw feet marbled in yellow and red, and a loop handle of flattened section, and painted with a blue, green and black bird on a flowering spray in red, blue, green and gold, and with a border of Chinese 'cash diaper' in red and black.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels
Brief description
Cream jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth and wavy edge, and with three mask-and-claw feet, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire and painted in the Netherlands, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Cream jug of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and pear-shaped with a wide spreading mouth and wavy edge, and with three mask-and-claw feet marbled in yellow and red, and a loop handle of flattened section, and painted with a blue, green and black bird on a flowering spray in red, blue, green and gold, and with a border of Chinese 'cash diaper' in red and black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 224 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1007-1885

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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