Jug - Collections Online | Museum Wales
This site uses cookies to improve your experience. View our Cookie Policy
Preferences

Cookie Preferences

Essential

These cookies are absolutely essential for our website to function properly.

 

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.

 

Cookies that help with communications and marketing

These cookies may be set by third party websites and do things like measure how you view YouTube videos.

 
 
View our Cookie Policy
Donate
Amgueddfa Cymru
Cymraeg
My account
Donate
Collections & Research
Departments Collections Online National Collections Centre

Amgueddfa
Cymru
Family

National Museum Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History

National Waterfront Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum

National Slate Museum

National Wool Museum

National Roman Legion Museum

  • Collections & Research
  • Departments
  • Current Page: Collections Online
  • National Collections Centre
  • Articles
  • Ancient Wales
  • Art
  • Celf ar y Cyd
  • History
  • Natural History
  • The Museum at Work
  • Health, Wellbeing and Amgueddfa Cymru
Amgueddfa Cymru
  • About Us
  • Collections & Research
  • Learn
  • Shop
  • Support Us
  • What's On
  • Get Involved
  • Health & Wellbeing

Collections Online

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Image filter options
Back to search results

Jug

Wedgwood, Ralph (Factory)

Jug, pearlware, standing on a spreading foot, bulbous body shelving sharply inwards at the shoulder, cylindrical neck, beak spout with vertical foliate moulding and horizontal moulded bands, loop handle the upper portion of which is in the form of the torso and head of a human figure with spreading arms, the lower handle scrolled, moulded leaves to the foot and lower body of the jug, around the centre of the body four moulded masks of human faces issuing moulded leaves, to the neck moulded looping festoons of vine leaves and bunches of grapes; the moulded areas overpainted in brown, orange, green and blue apart from the moulded leaves to the lower body, brown bands to the foot, lower body, around the centre of the body, the exterior lip-rim and spout, brown markings to the handle with the top of the head of the human figure painted brown, a slightly greenish tinge to the glaze.

Jug
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
 Zoom

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 34728

Creation/Production

Wedgwood, Ralph
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Yorkshire
Period: 1790-1800

Acquisition

Gift, 1904

Measurements

Height (cm): 29.5
diam (cm): 17.8
Width (cm): 22
Height (in): 11
diam (in): 7
Width (in): 8

Techniques

Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Pearlware
Enamel
Glaze

Location

In store

Categories

Priddwaith Lloegr | English earthenware Priddwaith | Earthenware Cerameg | Ceramics Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Related Items

Art

Jug, milk

Production: Minkin, Robert Wedgwood, Josiah, and Sons Ltd
(1969)
NMW A 38717
More information
Art

Jug and cover

Production: Woronzou & Co Unknown
(19th century (mid))
NMW A 31048
More information
Art

Wall-vase

Production: Wedgwood
(1810-1820)
NMW A 31051
More information
Art

Dish, vegetable

Production: Wedgwood, Josiah Wedgwood, Tom Murray, Keith Goodwin, John
(1935 ca)
NMW A 32401
More information

Site Map

Amgueddfa Cymru

Amgueddfa Cymru

  • Visiting
  • Collections & Research
  • Learn
  • Blog
  • Support Us
  • Shop
  • Venue Hire

Our Museums

  • National Museum Cardiff
  • St Fagans National Museum of History
  • National Waterfront Museum
  • Big Pit National Coal Museum
  • National Slate Museum
  • National Wool Museum
  • National Roman Legion Museum

Connect With Us

  • Contact Us
  • Get Involved
  • Join the Mailing List
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Corporate

  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Press Office
  • Picture Library
  • National Collections Centre
  • Working with Others
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
  • Copyright
Sponsored by Welsh Government
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Charity No. 525774
× ❮ ❯