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

Jug

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

The Worcester porcelain factory embellished the traditional beer jug with transfer-printed floral decoration. This concealed the old-fashioned cabbage-leaf moulding below. The factory was hugely successful. It had the technology to mass-produce printed tablewares. These had an excellent heat-resistant porcelain body.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
SCRAN
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Soft Paste Porcelain
Moulded
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Jug of soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Egg-shaped body moulded with a cabbage leaf pattern. Cylindrical neck, lip moulded with a bearded and scroll handle. Printed with groups of flowers and fruit.
Dimensions
  • Maximum length: 23.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A hatched crescent (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
Mark, a crescent, in underglaze blue. CAUGHLEY or WORCESTER. Alfred Darby Gift.
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Leaves
Mask
Scrolls
Flowers
Fruit
Summary
The Worcester porcelain factory embellished the traditional beer jug with transfer-printed floral decoration. This concealed the old-fashioned cabbage-leaf moulding below. The factory was hugely successful. It had the technology to mass-produce printed tablewares. These had an excellent heat-resistant porcelain body.
Bibliographic references
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
  • For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. II.C.7, where dated 1760-70
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.59-1921

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Record createdDecember 5, 2002
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