Jug
1781 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded. Baluster shape with a relief mask spout. Decorated round the top with sunflower-like devices alternating with triangles. Round the base with two daisies and leaves alternating with triangles. Plain central band. Neck is moulded with flowers and scrolls enclosing a reserve. In the front of the body is a spray of flowers and on either side is a crest of a buck enclosed within a cartouche inscribed underneath with 'T.C. 1781'. Scattered sprays of flowers on the body and foot with small sprays enclosed within the reserves on the neck. The neck is bordered with a lattice motif and the mask spout is picked out in underglaze blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded |
| Brief description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, dated 1781. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded. Baluster shape with a relief mask spout. Decorated round the top with sunflower-like devices alternating with triangles. Round the base with two daisies and leaves alternating with triangles. Plain central band. Neck is moulded with flowers and scrolls enclosing a reserve. In the front of the body is a spray of flowers and on either side is a crest of a buck enclosed within a cartouche inscribed underneath with 'T.C. 1781'. Scattered sprays of flowers on the body and foot with small sprays enclosed within the reserves on the neck. The neck is bordered with a lattice motif and the mask spout is picked out in underglaze blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'T.C. 1781' (Inscribed) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs D. B. Simpson |
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| Accession number | C.89-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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