Cream ewer
Date1745-1749
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 3 1/2"; Dia: 2 1/16"; OL: 2 13/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-91
DescriptionPlain white pear shaped jug molded in relief with overlapping leaves of acanthus type, terminating in six stalk feet; projecting lip spout and simulated bamboo loop handle. Crown and trident mark in blue underglaze on exterior bottom.Label TextExamples of strawberry-leaf molded jugs are recorded marked with the usual incised triangle (like that on CWF accession 1962-66), with the crown-and-trident mark (like this one), and unmarked. The other published strawberry-leaf jug bearing the crown-and-trident mark is in polychrome.
InscribedCrown and trident mark in blue underglaze on exterior bottom.
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll: Frances L. Dickson (Mrs. W.D.), Dr. James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, M.G. Kaufman.
