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Milk jug
Milk jug, soft-paste porcelain; standing on a rounded foot rim, pouch-shaped, with shoulder ridge; curved beak spout with acanthus leaf moulding below; square shouldered loop handle with thumb spur and lower outer spur; painted with set pattern 223, - an Imari style pattern, with stylised pink and red flowers on trailing underglaze blue, gilt and green foliage around the body; below the lip, an underglaze blue, gilt and red arabesque shaped border, with pendent stylised iron red and pink flowers; gilt shoulder ridge ( worn ), gilt to spout moulding, and gilt detail to the handle ( worn ).
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31273
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift, 31/5/1948
Given by Mrs George David
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.9
l(cm) handle to spout:18.2
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 13.3
Height
(in): 6
l(in) handle to spout:7 1/8
l(in)
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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