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

Cream Jug

ca. 1805 (made), ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval jug with a swelling body rising from a plain foot, curving in and up towards the rim. Rim flattened with a wide lip. Plain loop handle with a thumb piece. Round the main body is a continuous band of a broad hatched gilt ribbon threaded through an S-shaped garland of flowers and leaves. Above this band is a plain gold band and a line of gilt leaves and dots. Rim and foot both with a plain gold border. Gold motif of leaves on the handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cream jug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Miles Mason pottery, Staffordshire, ca. 1805.
Physical description
Cream jug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval jug with a swelling body rising from a plain foot, curving in and up towards the rim. Rim flattened with a wide lip. Plain loop handle with a thumb piece. Round the main body is a continuous band of a broad hatched gilt ribbon threaded through an S-shaped garland of flowers and leaves. Above this band is a plain gold band and a line of gilt leaves and dots. Rim and foot both with a plain gold border. Gold motif of leaves on the handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.6cm
  • Length: 13.8cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss M.I. Martin
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.134-1982

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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