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

Cream Jug

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Of shouldered form with waved handles and a lip spout. The centre of the body is decorated with a band of gilt foliage incorporating two oval yellow panels enamelled in brown with landscapes, and lozenge-shaped panels of blue enamel decorated with gilt stars and roundels. The lower and upper zones of the body have gilt leaf-sprays and stars.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Pinxton Porcelain Factory, Pinxton, ca. 1800
Physical description
Cream jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Of shouldered form with waved handles and a lip spout. The centre of the body is decorated with a band of gilt foliage incorporating two oval yellow panels enamelled in brown with landscapes, and lozenge-shaped panels of blue enamel decorated with gilt stars and roundels. The lower and upper zones of the body have gilt leaf-sprays and stars.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.6cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.20-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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