Jug
ca. 1775-1785 (made)
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Pear-shaped with 'sparrow beak' pouring lip and low domes cover with bud and tendril finial. Printed in blue with a version of the Worcester and Caughley 'Fence' pattern. The mouth is painted with paired rings in underglaze blue, and the base is painted with a crescent in underglaze blue (in imitation of the mark of the Worcester factory).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft paste porcelain, thrown and turned, with moulded finial, transfer-printed in cobalt blue under a soft lead glaze |
| Brief description | Milk jug and cover, soft paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Lowestoft Porcelain Factory, Lowestoft, about 1775-85 |
| Physical description | Pear-shaped with 'sparrow beak' pouring lip and low domes cover with bud and tendril finial. Printed in blue with a version of the Worcester and Caughley 'Fence' pattern. The mouth is painted with paired rings in underglaze blue, and the base is painted with a crescent in underglaze blue (in imitation of the mark of the Worcester factory). |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Betty French |
| Bibliographic reference | Goff, M., Goldfinch. J., Limper-Herz, K., and Peden, H. Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain. The British Library, London, 2013. |
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| Accession number | C.72:1, 2-1999 |
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| Record created | February 8, 2000 |
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