Jug, red brown earthenware, exterior with copper lustre glaze, the interior coated with pearl-glazed white slip; standing on a rounded foot rim, tapering cylindrical body press-moulded on each side a couple in romantic Highland or Tyrolean dress, dancing the Polka, amid folliate scrolls, some picked out in blue enamel, waved and moulded lip turning up to a folded spout, ear-shaped handle with rolled thumbpiece and scrolled ornament; patent registration diamond sprigged onto the base, but obscured by the lustre glaze.
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Creation/Production
1812 - after 1861
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Modeller
Place: Staffordshire
Place: Longton, Staffordshire
Period: 1852 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 1/4/1996
Measurements
Height
(cm): 19.1
l(cm) handle to lip:16
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 11.5
Height
(in): 7
l(in) handle to lip:6 5/16
l(in)
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Lustred
Decoration
Applied Art
Slip
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art