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

Jug

1811 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Broad pear-shaped body with a cylindrical neck and gilt scroll handle. Painted on the front in a square gilt-outlined panel with three dogs attacking a fox among greenish rocks. On each side is an oval panel, the foliated monogram 'RP', and the rest of the body is covered with formal foliage in dark blue and gold and seaweed in red. On the neck is a formal ovolo ornament and foliage in gold on a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Grainger & Co., Worcester, 1811.
Physical description
Jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Broad pear-shaped body with a cylindrical neck and gilt scroll handle. Painted on the front in a square gilt-outlined panel with three dogs attacking a fox among greenish rocks. On each side is an oval panel, the foliated monogram 'RP', and the rest of the body is covered with formal foliage in dark blue and gold and seaweed in red. On the neck is a formal ovolo ornament and foliage in gold on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Diameter: 15.9cm
Conversion from the Register
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Grainger & Co. Worcester 1811' (Written in red)
  • 'RP' (In monogram)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.380-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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