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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Lowestoft Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Lowestoft (made)

Cruet, for salad oil or vinegar, of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped body with long tapering neck, angular handle and spreading mouth with pointed spout. Painted in underglaze blue with flowering plants, border of trellis work below the rim.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Cruet
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue Porcelain Cobalt Oxide Glazed Painted
Brief description	Cruet for salad oil or vinegar, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, made by Lowestoft porcelain factory, England, 1762-1765
Physical description	Cruet, for salad oil or vinegar, of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped body with long tapering neck, angular handle and spreading mouth with pointed spout. Painted in underglaze blue with flowering plants, border of trellis work below the rim.
Dimensions	Height: 15.2cm Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions	'6' inside the foot
Credit line	Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Historical context	Watney (see References) identifies this as a jug for salad oil. Godden reproduces a similar piece as an bottle for oil or vinegar and notes that the holes in the handle were probably to allow a cork stopper to tied on with string, thereby preventing it from soiling the table.
Production	Date given by John Howell 1981
Subjects depicted	Flowers Trellis Pattern
Bibliographic references	Watney, Bernard. English blue and white porcelain of the eighteenth century, 2nd ed., London: Faber and Faber, 1973, pl. 81A Compare Godden, Geoffrey A. Lowestoft Porcelains, 2nd ed., Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985, pl. 90 and p. 209
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.359-1924

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Record created	April 28, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O228678/cruet-lowestoft-porcelain-factory/

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