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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 and Cover

ca. 1726-ca. 1732 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Water jug and cover, porcelain with moulded decoration, green glaze, and silver mounts. The mounts bear the discharge mark of the sous-fermier Jacques Cottin, datable to 1726-32, and the maker's mark 'Z.L.B.' (?)


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with moulded decoration, green glaze, and silver mount
Brief description
Water jug and cover, porcelain with moulded decoration, green glaze, and silver mounts, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1726-1732
Physical description
Water jug and cover, porcelain with moulded decoration, green glaze, and silver mounts. The mounts bear the discharge mark of the sous-fermier Jacques Cottin, datable to 1726-32, and the maker's mark 'Z.L.B.' (?)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Production
Examined in 1937 by M. Gilbert Levy in 1937, who considered the glaze contemporary with the pot.
Bibliographic reference
Passion for Porcelain: masterpieces of ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. pp.25-26
Collection
Accession number
C.460-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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