Ceramic jug
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1755
Materials
Saltglaze
Measurements
1890.90 mm (Height)
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Trelissick, Cornwall
NT 1296215
Summary
A Staffordshire saltglazed ale jug, circa 1755 Of pear shape with a turned band below the shoulder, applied with a grooved strap handle heightened in blue, on a turned foot, the body inscribed with the label 'ALE' hung by a chain from the rim, flanked by a bird and a large winged insect, the lower part painted with a comical figure holding a wineglass, on a blue pierced rockwork flanked by two large prunus flowers, 18.9cm high
Full description
A Staffordshire saltglazed ale jug, circa 1755 Of pear shape with a turned band below the shoulder, applied with a grooved strap handle heightened in blue, on a turned foot, the body inscribed with the label 'ALE' hung by a chain from the rim, flanked by a bird and a large winged insect, the lower part painted with a comical figure holding a wineglass, on a blue pierced rockwork flanked by two large prunus flowers, 18.9cm high
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from William Copeland via Bonhams at 'The Contents of Trelissick House including The Copeland China Collection ' sale, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, 23rd-24th July 2013, Lot 432 The T.G.Canon collection, High Chase, Colwich, 1934, purchased from the Lord Revelstoke Collection sale, Puttick & Simpson, 20th November 1934. A related saltglaze jug inscribed with an Ale label in scratch blue' dated 1751 is illustrated by Bernard Rackham. Early Staffordshire Pottery (1951) pl.55