cream jug
Summary
Four-lobed baluster shaped cream jug tapering to four-lobed oval spreading foot, with everted rim and high projecting lip, relief-moulded Rococo scrollwork loop handle. Body relief-moulded with deep cartouches of scrollwork and shells on either side, containing diamond trelliswork ground, smaller cartouche on side beneath lip. Relief-moulded scrollwork borders to foot and neck. Greyish-white salt-glazed stoneware with tiny flecks of brown.
Object Name
cream jug
Date Created
c 1740=1750
Dimensions
: 11.4cm x 5.8cm
across lip and handle: 9.3cm
accession number
1947.693
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by George Beatson Blair
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