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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. 1785-95 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with purple and over-painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a loop handle. Transfer-printed with an exotic bird in a landscape and over-painted in red, yellow, green, blue and brown. Line border in brown.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with purple and over-painted with enamels
Brief description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with purple and over-painted with enamels, Seth Pennington's factory, Liverpool, Seth Pennington. ca. 1785-95
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with purple and over-painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a loop handle. Transfer-printed with an exotic bird in a landscape and over-painted in red, yellow, green, blue and brown. Line border in brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 9.26, where dated ca. 1785-95
Collection
Accession number
C.1274-1924

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Record createdJune 10, 2009
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