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Cream jug
Cream jug, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a rectangular foot rim, bulging sides to shoulder, concave curve to lip, with a wide elongated spout; high loop handle with a thumb spur and double ridge collar moulding in lower part of handle; below shoulder, painted in enamel with an Empire-style pattern of continuous scrolling leaves in green and iron red, with gilt stems bearing pink and blue convolvulus flowers; around neck, a border of gilt leaves and twigs, and inside spout a gilt anthemion with seaweed fronds; gilt bands to the foot rim, lip, and shoulder, and gilt on edge of handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31009
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.9
l(cm) handle to lip:15.5
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 4
l(in) handle to lip:6 1/8
l(in)
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
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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