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

Jug

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Parian porcelain, white relief on a deep pink background. The subject is fortune-telling by means of examining tea leaves in a cup. The inside and the handle are glazed and with gilded bands.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Jug of porcelain, probably by Cork & Edge, Burslem, ca. 1855
Physical description
Parian porcelain, white relief on a deep pink background. The subject is fortune-telling by means of examining tea leaves in a cup. The inside and the handle are glazed and with gilded bands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.8cm
Credit line
Given by Miss R.A. Philpott
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Illustrated in Cork & Edge's catalogue for the Paris Exhibition of 1855
  • Hugh Wakefield, Victorian Pottery, fig. 2
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.179-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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