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Jug, decorated on both sides with a cameo-type bust of Queen Caroline

Image attached to C.52-1997

An image of Jug, decorated on both sides with a cameo-type bust of Queen Caroline above two foliated strips inscribed 'SUCCESS' and 'TO QUEEN CAROLINE', with beading around, all on a copper-pink oval. White earthenware, moulded, and painted in enamels and lustre. Height, whole, 16.6 cm, length, whole, 19.2 cm, circa 1820. Unidentified factory, Staffordshire.

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Jug, decorated on both sides with a cameo-type bust of Queen Caroline above two foliated strips inscribed 'SUCCESS' and 'TO QUEEN CAROLINE', with beading around, all on a copper-pink oval. White earthenware, moulded, and painted in enamels and lustre. Height, whole, 16.6 cm, length, whole, 19.2 cm, circa 1820. Unidentified factory, Staffordshire.

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  • Accession Number: C.52-1997
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 960 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 132.98kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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19th Century cameo head earthenware enamel enamelled English Georgian jug lustre Queen Caroline royal royalty Staffordshire Pottery

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