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Jug, hard-paste porcelain, bulbous body tapering inwards at the neck, beak spout with scale and scroll moulding, elaborate 'J-shaped' handle, attached to the handle are two metal attachments with a length of chain between, these may have been used to attach a cover to the jug, or they may have been added later to hold the handle, which is broken, together; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side of the body a large group of garden flowers, the spout and handle picked out in puce.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36974
Creation/Production
Zürich Porcelain Factory
Date: 1765-1770 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 25/12/1925
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.3
diam
(cm): 9.5
Width
(cm): 10.8
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
metal
Location
In store
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