Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain ale jug, painted with flowers in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain ale jug, painted in polychrome enamels. Baluster-shaped with sparrow beak spout, loop handle with thumb rest and upward curve at lower end. Decorated on one side with a bouquet of mixed flowers and an ear of wheat, and on the other with a spray of two rosebuds, an ear of wheat and two detached sprigs of orange buds; under the spout a similar orange sprig; six detached leaves; and a dark red-brown line on the rim.
History note: From the collection of the late Dr & Mrs H. Statham; lent by the testator, 1988 (Statham loan 29). Miss Beryl Statham Bequest accepted by H.M. Governament in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 18.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain ale jug, painted with flowers in polychrome enamels
Accession number: C.40-1992
Primary reference Number: 137211
Old loan number: Statham Loan 29-1970
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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