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Jug

1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. H. Goss (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Jug of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a narrow neck, spreading mouth, projecting lip and loop handle. On one side are the initials 'GM' interlaced under a prince's coronet, and with a scroll inscribed '6th July 1893' below. On the other side is a bunch of may-blossom. Gilt edge.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels and gilded
Porcelain
Enamels
Transfer-Printed
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Jug of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels, W. H. Goss, Stoke-on-Trent, 1893.
Physical description
Jug of porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel and over-painted with enamels. Bulbous body with a narrow neck, spreading mouth, projecting lip and loop handle. On one side are the initials 'GM' interlaced under a prince's coronet, and with a scroll inscribed '6th July 1893' below. On the other side is a bunch of may-blossom. Gilt edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '6th July 1893' (Inscibed on the scroll)
  • 'MODEL OF ROMAN BRONZE EWER / FOUND IN 1835 AT BARTLOW HILLS NEAR SAFFRON WALDEN' (Printed on the bottom)
  • A crest consisting of a falcon above the name of maker 'W. H. GOSS' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Made to commemorate the marriage of Prince George, Duke of York, with Princess Mary of Teck.
Subjects depicted
Interlacing
Coronet
Scroll
Flowers
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4039-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O344251/jug-w-h-goss/
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