Jug: C.52-1997

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified factory (Probably)

Entities

Description

White earthenware, relief moulded and painted with blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, and brown enamels and pink-copper lustre.

Ovoid form jug with projecting base, curved neck and projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle with leaf moulding. Decorated on both sides with a cameo- type bust of Queen Caroline above two foliated strips inscribed 'SUCCESS' and 'TO QUEEN CAROLINE', with beading around, all on a copper-pink oval. Below is a band of lustre and white beading. On each side of the neck is a relief floral spray painted in enamels and pink lustre. A strip of lustre stylised foliage runs from lip to foot; the rim has a lustred 'rope' moulded edge. The underside is sl;ightly recessed and glazed.

Notes

History note: G.D.H. Rylands, until 1997

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Measurements and weight

Height: 16.6 cm
Length: 19.2 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

Early 19th Century
George IV
Production date: circa AD 1820

Note

In 1820, a Parliamentary Bill was placed before Parliament to dissolve the marriage of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, on the grounds of her adultery. The couple, who were cousins, married in 1795 when George IV was Prince Regent, but they had been separated for some years by the time he became King and he did not want her as his Queen. She, however, had the passionate support of much of the population, and feeling in the country ran high. The Bill was eventually withdrawn, though Caroline was never crowned and died the following year. The jug was made to sell to the Queen's sympathisers and was probably made in large numbers.