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

Cream Jug

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with double sides, and the outer is pierced with a honeycomb pattern, interrupted by two panels painted with a bird on a tree. Wide neck with a wavy edge and formal gilt border. Handle in the form of a bamboo stem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, pierced and gilded
Brief description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1840.
Physical description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with double sides, and the outer is pierced with a honeycomb pattern, interrupted by two panels painted with a bird on a tree. Wide neck with a wavy edge and formal gilt border. Handle in the form of a bamboo stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Chamberlain Worcester' (Written in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.535-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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