Jug
ca. 1810 (made)
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Jug of porcelain painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip, and foliated loop handle. Painted with a sporting subject in a panel in the front. The remainder of the body and neck are decorated with two wide bands of formal classical ornament in gold on a lavender-blue ground. The foot is painted to imitate black marble.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Jug of porcelain painted with enamels, probably painted by Humphrey Chamberlain junior, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1810. |
| Physical description | Jug of porcelain painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a cylindrical neck, projecting lip, and foliated loop handle. Painted with a sporting subject in a panel in the front. The remainder of the body and neck are decorated with two wide bands of formal classical ornament in gold on a lavender-blue ground. The foot is painted to imitate black marble. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | The sporting subject is copied from a plate engraved by J. Scott after a painting by L. Reinagle, in Rural Sports by W.B. Daniell, published in 1801-2. The original engraving appears facing p.76 in Vol. iii. |
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| Accession number | C.534-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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