Ale jug: C.40-1992

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

• Ale jug

Categories

• Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Soft-paste porcelain ale jug, painted with flowers in polychrome enamels.

Soft-paste porcelain ale jug, painted in polychrome enamels. Baluster-shaped with sparrow beak spout, loop handle with thumb rest and upward curve at lower end. Decorated on one side with a bouquet of mixed flowers and an ear of wheat, and on the other with a spray of two rosebuds, an ear of wheat and two detached sprigs of orange buds; under the spout a similar orange sprig; six detached leaves; and a dark red-brown line on the rim.

Notes

History note: From the collection of the late Dr & Mrs H. Statham; lent by the testator, 1988 (Statham loan 29). Miss Beryl Statham Bequest accepted by H.M. Governament in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Place(s) associated

• Derby ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1992) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Production date: circa AD 1760