Cream Jug and Cover

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Of cylindrical form, rounded above and below and rising from a small stepped pedestal foot; with domed cover and finial knob. High loop-handle shaped like an ear, with pendant; tapered spout.

Lemon-yellow ground on the cover and in a band round the body, set in which on either side are two gilt-framed octagonal panels, with paintings representing Ceres in a chariot, and the Triumph of Galatea. The foot, handle, spout and knob are gilt.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cream Jug
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cream jug and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1810
Physical description
Cream jug and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Of cylindrical form, rounded above and below and rising from a small stepped pedestal foot; with domed cover and finial knob. High loop-handle shaped like an ear, with pendant; tapered spout.

Lemon-yellow ground on the cover and in a band round the body, set in which on either side are two gilt-framed octagonal panels, with paintings representing Ceres in a chariot, and the Triumph of Galatea. The foot, handle, spout and knob are gilt.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hofmann, Friedrich Hermann, Geschichte der bayerischen Porzellan-manufaktur, Nymphenburg. Leipzig, K. W. Hiersemann, 1923, Abb. 418.
Collection
Accession number
C.55&A-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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