Cream Jug

ca. 1775-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. The body of pear shape, with slightly upturned lip-spout, the handle grooved. The body painted with two Chinese buildings on islands with rocks, trees and shrubs, the intervening water with three rocks resembling cannon-balls. The border with trellis design, all painted in a greyish underglaze blue.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, made by Seth Pennington's factory or John Pennington's factory, Liverpool, England, ca. 1775-85
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain. The body of pear shape, with slightly upturned lip-spout, the handle grooved. The body painted with two Chinese buildings on islands with rocks, trees and shrubs, the intervening water with three rocks resembling cannon-balls. The border with trellis design, all painted in a greyish underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
Credit line
Given by W.H. Maund, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.68-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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