cream jug



cream jug

Summary

Thrown pear-shaped cream jug tapering to tall cylindrical neck with slightly shaped sparrow beak lip. Three applied feet in the form of a paw surmounted by a scallop shell, applied strap loop handle with relief-moulded fruiting vines along back and pinched flattened spur at lower terminal. Band of incised patterning around belly comprising alternating triangles and crescents of short vertical strokes. Applied stamped relief decoration to neck of two fruiting vines.


Object Name

cream jug

Date Created

c 1740

Dimensions

: 11.4cm
across lip and handle: 10.6cm

accession number

1923.428

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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