jug
Summary
Public: Pear-shaped jug, white earthenware with a pearlware glaze, painted in red, pink, purple, green, yellow, blue, brown and black overglaze enamels with floral festoons and dated commemorative verse within laurel wreath. Private: Pear-shaped jug on turned spreading foot, tapering to slightly flared rim with broad inset lip and ribbed loop handle. Side opposite handle painted in overglaze enamels with fruiting laurel wreath suspended from blue and white patera at base of lip, enclosing commemorative inscription: 'AA / When this you see / Pray think on me. / Tho many miles. / We Distant be / .1789.'. Second laurel wreath suspended from patera beneath upper handle terminal, floral festoons suspended across either side of jug between handle terminal and lip. Neck and lip painted with simple brown dart border, handle and foot with plain blue bands. Fine blue pearlware glaze.
Object Name
jug
Creators Name
Date Created
1789
Dimensions
across handle and lip: 21.2cm
accession number
1923.930
Collection Group
Place of creation
Etruria
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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