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Princess Royal & Prince of Prussia jug
Production: Unidentified factory (Probably)
White earthenware, painted under-glaze in blue, glazed, transfer-printed in brown and painted with enamels and copper lustre.
Squat jug with bulbous body, cylindrical neck, flared foot and loop handle. Decorated on each side with a transfer which is hand painted in red, yellow and green enamels. Each transfer is framed by a waving line of lustre, set on a ground of underglaze blue. Thin bands of lustre around the rim and neck, a line down the handle and lustre decorations under the lip are similarly ‘shadowed’ by under-glaze blue. The underside is flat and glazed, with a raised foot-rim.
The images and text are as follows:
(a) the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick, the Princess wearing a crinoline. They are surrounded by painted flowers, with their name labels below: ‘PRINCESS ROYAL / PRINCE OF PRUSSIA’;
(b) a view of the Prince’s palace in Berlin, with a carriage and people promenading in the foreground, the ladies wearing crinolines, flanked by grass and trees painted in green enamel.
History note: Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased on 2 July, 1907, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge .
Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Victoria I
19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1857
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1858
Lustreware was popular in England throughout the first half of the 19th Century. Minute amounts of gold were used to produce copper, gold, pink or purple lustre, depending on the type of clay, lustre formula, number of layers and firing temperature; platinum was used to mimic silver. Transfer printing was introduced in the second half of the 18th century, often using the glue bat method. The design was engraved on a copper plate, which was covered with linseed oil; a thin bat of animal glue was pressed onto the oiled plate and then applied to the ware. The ware was then dusted with powdered metallic oxide, which adhered to the oil, and fired to fix the design. Round-bodied vessels were particularly well suited to this method as the flexible bat could be stretched around curves.
This type of jug was made for everyday use. The shape and size of this example suggest it may be for milk. The transfers indicate the date of manufacture. Victoria, Princess Royal (the eldest child of Queen Victoria) was betrothed to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1857 and they married on 25 January 1858. Frederick became Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia in March 1888, but died just 99 days later. Thereafter, Victoria was known as The Empress Frederick. The style of decoration and choice of transfers suggests the jug was made in Germany, perhaps for the English market.
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, red) lustre ( pink, copper) underglaze cobalt-blue clear glaze
white Earthenware
Throwing : Earthenware, painted under-glaze in blue, glazed, transfer-printed in brown and painted with enamels and lustre.
Accession number: C.1167-1928
Primary reference Number: 71445
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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