cream jug



cream jug

Summary

Pear-shaped cream jug tapering to flared neck with prominent lip and undulating shaped rim. Three applied feet with scallop shell moulding, applied strap loop handle with faint vertical ribbing and prominent pinched spur at lower terminal. Fine two-part slip-cast body with relief decoration on each side, of a cherub amongst fruiting grape vines. Join marks of two halves disguised by narrow plain relief band running from lip to handle.


Object Name

cream jug

Date Created

c 1750-1760

Dimensions

: 9.1cm
across lip and handle: 9.8cm

accession number

1923.417

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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