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Jug and cover
Jug, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, pear-shaped body with cylindrical neck, beak spout, loop handle with a slightly raised thumb-spur, round domed cover with to the top a pinecone finial; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior body of the jug and the top of the cover a spotted decoration of pansies and leaf sprigs in green and gilt, around the exterior neck of the jug and the sides of the cover a border of foliate festoons in gilt, a gilt line around the foot-rim of the jug, a gilt dentil edge to the lip-rim of the jug and the rim of the cover, the spout, handle and finial picked out in gilt. The lip-rim of the jug and the rim of the cover chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35651
Creation/Production
Nyon Porcelain Factory
Date: 1780-1790
Acquisition
Gift, 20/2/1926
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.8
diam
(cm): 9.5
Width
(cm): 12.8
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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