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

Jug

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Milk jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped, with a twig handle and lip decorated with leaf ornament in gold and green. Round the top is a border of crimson scrollwork and flowers set on a double gilt line. Sprigs of flowers are scattered over the remaining surface.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Milk jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Milk jug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped, with a twig handle and lip decorated with leaf ornament in gold and green. Round the top is a border of crimson scrollwork and flowers set on a double gilt line. Sprigs of flowers are scattered over the remaining surface.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.628-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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