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Jug

ca. 1755-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. Pear-shaped with a wide neck and broad foot. Scroll handle of flattened section. Moulded in relief at the foot with a shell-pattern. Round the top and on the sides is foliate scrollwork, picked out in crimson and framing three panels painted with birds on the sides and flowers on the front.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755-60
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. Pear-shaped with a wide neck and broad foot. Scroll handle of flattened section. Moulded in relief at the foot with a shell-pattern. Round the top and on the sides is foliate scrollwork, picked out in crimson and framing three panels painted with birds on the sides and flowers on the front.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 15.9cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.476-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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