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

Jug

1788 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of lead-glazed earthenware, irregular in shape and moulded in the form of the trunk of an oak-tree with figures in high relief, and with an oval mouth pointed to form a spout, and a branch forms the handle, and on one side a youth, wearing a blue coat, white shirt, brown hat, breeches and high boots, holds up a glass in his right hand and behind his head is a white scroll on which is incised 'A BUMPER : A BUMPER', and a dog is jumping up against his right knee, and on the ground between his feet is a bottle incised with 'R G', and on the other side a girl in a yellow bodice, blue skirt and cap sits on a felled trunk and turns towards a youth in a blue coat who is seated on a mound and bends towards her to offer her a nest full of eggs which he has just taken from a branch still grasped in his right hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded and incised
Brief description
Jug of lead-glazed earthenware, irregular in shape and moulded in the form of the trunk of an oak-tree with figures in high relief, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, 1788.
Physical description
Jug of lead-glazed earthenware, irregular in shape and moulded in the form of the trunk of an oak-tree with figures in high relief, and with an oval mouth pointed to form a spout, and a branch forms the handle, and on one side a youth, wearing a blue coat, white shirt, brown hat, breeches and high boots, holds up a glass in his right hand and behind his head is a white scroll on which is incised 'A BUMPER : A BUMPER', and a dog is jumping up against his right knee, and on the ground between his feet is a bottle incised with 'R G', and on the other side a girl in a yellow bodice, blue skirt and cap sits on a felled trunk and turns towards a youth in a blue coat who is seated on a mound and bends towards her to offer her a nest full of eggs which he has just taken from a branch still grasped in his right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Base width: 15.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A BUMPER : A BUMBER' (Incised on the white scroll)
  • 'R G' (Incised on the bottle between the youth's feet)
  • 'FAIR HEBE' (Inscribed on the paper on the tree trunk)
  • 'VOYEZ 1788' (Incised on the tree trunk on one end)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 280 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1195-1885

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Record createdMarch 5, 2009
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