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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cream Jug

ca. 1780-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain, helmet-shaped, with scroll handle and wide, spreading foot, rope edge. Painted with sprays of flowers in red, yellow, green and blue; border of scale pattern and spirals in red and pink, handle shaded and dotted with red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cream jug, helmet-shaped, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, England (Liverpool), 1780-85
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain, helmet-shaped, with scroll handle and wide, spreading foot, rope edge. Painted with sprays of flowers in red, yellow, green and blue; border of scale pattern and spirals in red and pink, handle shaded and dotted with red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.931-1924

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
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