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Jug

ca. 1755-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowers with a zig-zag line down the outside of the handle in green, yellow, blue and manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle of round section. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Jug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly made by Alderman Thomas Shaw, possibly at Dale Street pottery, Liverpool, ca. 1755-1765
Physical description
Jug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowers with a zig-zag line down the outside of the handle in green, yellow, blue and manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle of round section. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Diameter: 5.9cm
Height: Ht. 8 cms (3 1/8 ins).() Diameter: D. 5.9 cms (2 5/16 ins)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Messrs Stoner and Evans, London. Mellor Bequest, 1963.
Production
Liverpool (may be Alderman Thomas Shaw)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
H9. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.11-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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