jug
Rockingham Pottery 1745 - 1842
Summary
Globular buff stoneware body tapering to footring. Applied white stoneware handle and spout in the form of a serpent, open-mouthed to form a covered spout, with divergent scaly body wrapped round neck of jug and entwined on opposite side to form twisted white handle. Sprigged white relief below depicting a stag hunt, with four hounds attacking a stag in the centre, flanked on either side by a huntsman standing beside his horse. Band of ribbed turned decoration round lower body above footring.
Object Name
jug
Creators Name
Date Created
1806-1825
Dimensions
object: 7.7cm x 12.2cm
accession number
1922.1593
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Mary Greg
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