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Milk jug: C.57-2010

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

New Hall Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted with black and red enamel, and gilded: narrow border of zig-zag leaves with gold and puce berries. Pattern no. 280

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded in silver-shape form, glazed, painted in black and puce enamels, and gilded. The exterior is decorated below the shoulder with a continuous wavy black stem with tiny trefoil leaves, puce berries and gold trefoil leaves. The shoulder below the lip is decorated with an arrangement of stylized foliage in gold, and there is a detached gold sprig on either side. There are gold ands round the base, the shoulder, the rim, and sides of the handle . Another gold band runs round the inside of the rim continues down the back of the handle. Pattern 280.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.7 cm
Height: 4ΒΌ in
Width: 11.7 cm
Width: 4 5/8 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1797 - 1803

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( black and puce) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in two halves, glazed, painted overglaze in black and puce enamels, and gilded
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 280
  • Location: On base at handle end
  • Method of creation: Painted in grey enamel
  • Type: Pattern number

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: I.L.3
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in turquoise ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.57-2010
Primary reference Number: 177406
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: I.L.3

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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