cream jug

Summary

Pear-shaped cream jug tapering to flared neck with projecting lip and undulating shaped rim. Three applied feet in the form of an indistinct mask and paw, applied strap loop handle with pinched spur at lower terminal. Fine two-part slip-cast body with relief decoration on each side, of a cherub amongst fruiting grape vines picked out in liquid purple and green enamels. Join marks of two halves disguised by narrow plain relief band running from lip to handle. Believed to be of a rare moulded design by Jonathan Horne of Sampson & Horne Antiques (2009).