Jug thumbnail 1
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Jug

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bourne, Baker & Bourne (maker)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Towards the end of the 18th century potters perfected the making of creamware and its successor pearlware. They subsequently applied underglaze transfer-printed decoration to these forms of earthenware. This created a new market, which expanded rapidly, and Staffordshire warehouses were established in many British towns. In London, a major dealer in china, earthenware and glass displayed this massive jug in his shop near St Paul's Cathedral.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Cobalt Oxide
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Lead-glazed earthenware display jug (estimated to hold 30 gallons), with underglaze blue transfer printing. Staffordshire, about 1830.
Physical description
Earthenware display jug (estimated to hold 30 gallons), with underglaze blue transfer printing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 70.5cm
  • Weight: 33.0kg
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Jug
Made by Bourne, Baker & Bourne, Fenton, Staffordshire, England, about 1830
Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration

53-1870 Given by Mrs IIlidge

China and glass dealers Neale and Bailey displayed this jug in their London shop.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Illidge
Object history
Made for London retailers Neale & Bailey. China and glass dealers Neale and Bailey displayed this jug in their London shop. This jug is decorated with several prints of the Nuneham Courtney pattern (formerly know as the Blue Rose border pattern). Nuneham Courtney House, Oxfordshire, is depicted in the pattern. A descendant, Thomas Bailey Illidge who must have inherited some unsold stock after the closure of the firm in 1834, presented it to George Wallis (Curator) for the South Kensington Museum in 1870 along with a massive punch bowl advertising Ironstone China, datable to 1813-17.
Summary
Towards the end of the 18th century potters perfected the making of creamware and its successor pearlware. They subsequently applied underglaze transfer-printed decoration to these forms of earthenware. This created a new market, which expanded rapidly, and Staffordshire warehouses were established in many British towns. In London, a major dealer in china, earthenware and glass displayed this massive jug in his shop near St Paul's Cathedral.
Bibliographic references
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X “The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery” Volume I - AW Coysh and RK Henrywood ACC 1982, pp. 399/400.
  • Hildyard, Robin. London Chinamen. English Ceramics Circle Transactions, Volume 18, part 3, 2004, pp 447-524. Illustrated fig. 16, p. 455.
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
53-1870

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Record createdDecember 5, 2002
Record URL
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