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Jug and cover
Jug, hard-paste porcelain,standing on a flaring foot-rim, bulbous body, cylindrical neck, raised spout, high loop handle, domed cover with a finial modelled in the form of a pear; the jug finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side a view of an exotic bird amidst flowering plants, a floral spray to the cover, gilt bands around the foot-rim and lip-rim of the jug, the spout edged in gilt and decorated with a gilt scrolling design, the handle decorated with stylized foliage in gilt, a dull gilt edge to the cover with a border of red semi-circles, the pear finial painted in yellow and green.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35386
Creation/Production
Vienna state factory
Date: 1765-1770
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.4
diam
(cm): 8.2
Width
(cm): 10
Height
(in): 6
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
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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