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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	La Chapelle des Pots (made)

Portion of a jug of buff earthenware, modelled in the form of a lady in a costume of the period and splashed with blue, manganese-purple and yellow-coloured glazes. The lady is wearing a low-necked dress and a wide skirt which forms the body of the jug, also a large lace collar and a cap ending downwards in points on either side of the head. A short spout springs from the front of the body.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Earthenware Gender and Sexuality
Object type	Jug
Materials and techniques	Earthenware with moulded decoration and painted in coloured glazes Earthenware
Brief description	Jug, fragmentary, buff earthenware with a spout in the form of a woman. Decorated with coloured glazes. French, La Chapelle des Pots, near Saintes, early 17th century.
Physical description	Portion of a jug of buff earthenware, modelled in the form of a lady in a costume of the period and splashed with blue, manganese-purple and yellow-coloured glazes. The lady is wearing a low-necked dress and a wide skirt which forms the body of the jug, also a large lace collar and a cap ending downwards in points on either side of the head. A short spout springs from the front of the body.
Dimensions	Taken from register height: 5in Taken from register diameter: 4 1/2in
Credit line	Given by Lt. Col. G.B. Croft-Lyons
Production	Near Saintes
Bibliographic references	Charles, Robert J., ed., World Ceramics, London, 1968 This object features in 'Out on Display: A selection of LGBTQ-related objects on display in the V&A', a booklet created by the V&A's LGBTQ Working Group. First developed and distributed to coincide with the 2014 Pride in London Parade, the guide was then expanded for the Queer and Now Friday Late that took place in February 2015.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	206-1906

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O345159/jug-unknown/

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