Jug: C.2344-1928

Maker(s)

Production: Olerys and Laugier factory

Entities

• Jug

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• French faïence

Description

Tin-glazed earthenware jug painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and manganese-brown with Diana and a Nymph in an oval medallion framed by flowers, and surrounded by floral sprays and garlands

Buff earthenware, thrown, with an applied handle, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and a little manganese-brown. The jug has a bulbous body, a wide cylindrical neck with a small lip, and a harp-shaped loop handle of D-section with a kick at its lower end. The top of the handle is pierced by a circular hole to take a pewter mount and thumbpiece for a cover. On the front is an oval medallion framed by a blue band and a border of flowers and foliage, in which the goddess Diana, is seated on a rock in front of a tree beside a small pond, while one of her nymphs replaces her sandals. The rest of the body is decorated with sprigs and larger posies of blue and yellow flowers and foliage, and on each side of the neck there are two garlands with a spray of flowers suspended between them. Two yellow horizontal lines encircle the top of the neck. The handle has flowers and leaves down its back and alternating blue dots and trefoil leaves down its two sides. On the base, painted in yellow is the mark C o over L underlined.

Notes

History note: Mr G. Morganti, 29 Quai des Bergues, Geneva, from whom purchased for 160 francs on 20 September 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1750

Note

This jug would originally have had a cover attached to its handle by a mount and hinged thumbpiece. The floral decoration, described as 'a la fleur de jasmin', was one of the most characteristic of the Olerys and Laugier factory, but was also executed by other factories.

School or Style

Rococo