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Jug
Jug, pearlware, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, barrel-shaped body, plain beak spout, plain loop handle; the exterior body covered with a mottled green ground in imitation of natural stone, this then decorated in gilt with around the front of the exterior body the inscription "Long may we live / Happy may we be / Blest with content / From misfortunes / Free / Jane Tilley, 1792", the inscription enclosed by a square cartouche of foliage, two floral sprigs to the rest of the exterior body, a gilt lattice pattern border around the exterior lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt, this gilt decoration very worn in places.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35822
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1792 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13
diam
(cm): 10.3
Width
(cm): 16.4
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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