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Silver-resist jug with bird motif
Factory: unidentified English pottery (Probably)
White earthenware, glazed, hand-decorated, resist-lustred, transfer-printed and painted with enamels.
Jug with ovoid body tapering to a slightly projecting foot, with a concave neck, curved lip and angular handle. Decorated all over, over-glaze, on the outside of the body and neck with silver resist-lustre decoration of stylised leaves and flowers, except for a round reserve panel on either side. The reserves contain similar transfer designs of a bird on a leafy bough, coloured with black, brown, red, blue, green and yellow enamels. The rim has been dipped in silver lustre and the handle is lustred down the outside, save for two reserved stripes. The underside is flat and glazed, with a raised foot-rim.
History note: Mrs W.D. Dickson until 1932
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson, 1932
Diameter: 17.8 cm
Height: 13.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
-
1830
Resist lustreware was typically produced by drawing, transfer printing or stencilling the design over-glaze then applying a size (perhaps a sugar and glycerine mix) to the design, with a fine brush. The jug was then coated in lustre, which only adhered to the unpainted parts. Silver lustre, made using minute deposits of platinum on a white, yellow or blue ground, was popular from around 1810-1830; and pots were sometimes coated all over to mimic Georgian silver. Pink and purple lustre was also produced, using gold. Leeds and Staffordshire were the main centres of production for resist lustreware. The shape of this jug is typical of early century examples made in Leeds, but the use of enamels suggests it was made in Staffordshire at a slightly later date.
This type of jug was made for everyday use. The shape and size of this example suggest it may be a milk jug.
Decoration composed of enamels lustre glaze
Throwing : Earthenware, glazed, hand-decorated, resist-lustred, transfer-printed and painted with enamels.
Accession number: C.175-1932
Primary reference Number: 72559
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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