Skip to main content
DS1995-0042
Cream Jug
DS1995-0042

Cream Jug

Dateca. 1755
MediumStoneware, salt-glazed
DimensionsH: 4 3/4"; W: 4 1/2"; D: 2 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1965-92
DescriptionCream jug of complex silver form. The body comprised of three stacked shells, with incurvate neck. The pouring lip arched outward and the mouth a series of irregular scrolls. The handle composed of stacked C-scrolls to give the effect of an ear-shape. On spreading pedestal base with shell molding and irregular edge. The underside of the base concave and irregularly trimmed to form a flat foot of varying dimension. The creamy-gray glaze smooth in texture with some stained crazing. Kiln movement evident, particularly in the alignment of the pouring lip and handle. The decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels. The scrolls picked out in teal, magenta, and yellow. The incurvate shoulder with various flower arrangements in teal, magenta, and yellow. The smallest shell enameled in dark teal or green.
Inscribedno
Markingsno
ProvenanceEx Coll: Carter
with Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 & 23 January 1965, lot 351
with Ginsburg & Levy, New York
Exhibition(s)
DS1985-607
1765-1770
DS1991-0426
1775-1780
DS2006-0028
1765-1775
Cockle Pot 1972-14
ca. 1785
DS1985-251
1770-1780
KC65-334
1770-1780
DS1993-0787
1730-1770
Cropped from group, Tureen and cover
1755-1770
DS1999-0534
1755-1760
DS1995-0015
1760-1780