Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Jug, milk

Williams-Ellis, Susan (Designer of ceramics for Portmeirion)

Milk jug, white earthenware body with a clear glaze, 'Cylinder' shape, with inset base, tall cylindrical body, the spout level with rim, the top of the handle is square and level with the rim, gently curving downards and attached to the lower third of the body; the body transfer-printed with the 'Magic Garden' pattern in black, blue, turquoise and green under the glaze with a freeform pattern of stylised, fantastical plants, insects and birds against a starry sky.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39274

Creation/Production

Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Date: 1970 –

Acquisition

Purchase, 15/9/2011

Measurements

Height (cm): 10
Height (in): 4
l(cm) handle to spout:12.5
l(cm)
l(in) handle to spout:4 3/4
l(in)
Width (cm): 6
Width (in): 2

Techniques

slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

earthenware

Location

In store
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