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

Jug

ca. 1780-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream-jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Of sparrow-beak type with the handle with a point at the top and a slight projection at the lower terminal. The body is painted with a Chinese boy with arms out-stretched towards a lady with a flower and fan, who stands by a fence. Iron red line round the rim and 'bleeding finger' border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Cream-jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, ca. 1780-1785
Physical description
Cream-jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Of sparrow-beak type with the handle with a point at the top and a slight projection at the lower terminal. The body is painted with a Chinese boy with arms out-stretched towards a lady with a flower and fan, who stands by a fence. Iron red line round the rim and 'bleeding finger' border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. H.H. Bellot
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.102-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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