Cream jug, soft-paste porcelain, standing on three rustic feet issuing raised floral spigs from their terminals, bulbous body with concave neck and flaring shaped lip-rim with a pointed spout, rustic loop handle; finely painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior body scattered sprigs of roses, borders of rose leaves and berries around the upper and lower body, gilt edges to the lip-rim and spout, the feet and handle picked out in gilt.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Sèvres
Period: 1775
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.9
diam
(cm): 6.2
Width
(cm): 8.4
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
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
Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze