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Cream Jug

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a landscape enclosed in an oval panel with a striped gilt border reserved on a pale pink ground. The landscape is of the Trent in Derbyshire. Decorated with borders of cinquefoils and stars in gold.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted with a landscape probably by Zachariah Boreman, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Cream jug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a landscape enclosed in an oval panel with a striped gilt border reserved on a pale pink ground. The landscape is of the Trent in Derbyshire. Decorated with borders of cinquefoils and stars in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'On the Trent, Derbyshire' (Written in blue under the base)
  • '231' (In blue enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a cabaret, consisting of a teapot and cover, cream jug, sugar basin and cover, tea cup, saucer and tray. C.322 to G-1935. Formerly in the William Bemrose Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.322B-1935

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Record createdJune 26, 2009
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