Jug, hard-paste porcelain, elongated bucket-shaped, sparrow beak spout, spreading circular foot, angular handle with a vertical curve terminal; the edge of the rim and the base are gilded, the rim and the base and the handle are decorated with a narrow blue band containing white flowers outlined in gold, the rim and the foot are painted with a gold wheatsheaf border, the body is painted with a wavy grape vine wreath from which hangs bunches of green and purple grapes.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Russia
Period: 1855-1881
Acquisition
Gift, 30/9/1937
Given by Mrs Joseph E. Davies
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.7
diam
(cm): 7.9
l(cm) handle to spout:11.9
l(cm)
Height
(in): 6
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to spout:4 3/4
l(in)
Techniques
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain