Jug
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This jug was probably made to hold beer, cider or perry. Many other pieces from the Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire have a similar clumsy bulbous form, as do wares from the West Pans factory in Scotland. William Littler, who was a trained potter, was manager at both these factories. This suggests that Littler himself did some of the design or modelling, or that he employed the same modellers or mould-makers at both factories.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glassy soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels and moulded |
| Brief description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels, and moulded in relief, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755-1760. |
| Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted with enamels, and moulded in relief. Pear-shaped with a wide mouth and spreading foot. Moulded with growing pinks, primulas and foliage. Green twisted twig handle. Painted with small bouquets and sprigs of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
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| Summary | This jug was probably made to hold beer, cider or perry. Many other pieces from the Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire have a similar clumsy bulbous form, as do wares from the West Pans factory in Scotland. William Littler, who was a trained potter, was manager at both these factories. This suggests that Littler himself did some of the design or modelling, or that he employed the same modellers or mould-makers at both factories. |
| Bibliographic reference | Young, Hilary. English Porcelain, 1745-95. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. 229p., ill. ISBN 1851772820. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.263-1940 |
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| Record created | December 3, 2002 |
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