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Jug
Jug, pearlware, standing on a rounded spreading foot-rim, globular body, cylindrical neck, plain beak spout, angular scrolled handle; the exterior of the jug covered with silver lustre, this then decorated using silver lustre resist techniques with around the body a design of two exotic long-tailed birds standing amid stylized flowering plants, the lower body and foot-rim left white, around the neck a design of stylized foliage and a geometric border of overlapping oval-shapes, two white stripes to the handle, a floral motif to the underside of the spout, a silver lustre band around the interior lip-rim and spout. The lip-rim chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35190
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century (early)
Acquisition
Gift, 9/11/1950
Given by Miss E. B. Rees
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14
diam
(cm): 13.6
Width
(cm): 16.5
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 5
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
lustre, silver
decoration
Applied Art
wax-resist
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
glaze
Location
In store
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