Cream Jug
Dateca. 1755
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
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
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ProvenanceEx Coll: Carter
with Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 & 23 January 1965, lot 351
with Ginsburg & Levy, New York
Exhibition(s)
1765-1770
1775-1780
1765-1775
ca. 1785
1770-1780
1770-1780
1730-1770
1755-1770
1760-1780
1755-1760
1747-1748
1747-1748