Milk jug
Crown Derby
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1805 - circa 1810
Materials
Bone china painted in orange and gold
Measurements
73 x 63 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270554.3
Summary
Milk jug, part of a partial 61-piece Derby oval shape tea and coffee set in the neo-classical taste, bone china, the border painted with a pattern of six-pointed stars in reserve against an orange ground with smaller stars in gold and gold line bands, with the factory mark of a crown over crossed batons and 'D' and pattern number 628 in blue and iron-red enamels, Duesbury and Kean period, circa 1805-10.
Provenance
Believed to have originally been the property of Bishop Adelbert Anson (1840 – 1909).
Marks and inscriptions
Base of milk jug: Derby China Works factory mark of a crown over crossed battons and a 'D' Base of milk jug: Pattern number of tea and coffee set (628) Base of milk jug: Historic NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/61, b Base of milk jug: Painted in blue enamel the number '9'.
Makers and roles
Crown Derby, maker