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
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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