Milk jug
Vienna Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1816
Materials
Measurements
138 x 125 x 97 mms
Place of origin
Vienna
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353336.6
Summary
Milk jug, decorated with multi-coloured flowers on gilt ground. 1816. Blue maker's mark on base. Part of breakfast set, hard-paste porcelain, painted with a band of naturalistic flowers on a gilt ground. Vienna, Austria, c.1816-22. Blue shield mark.
Provenance
Possibly a gift of Amelia Anne Hobart (Emily), Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829), wife of Robert Stewart, Vicsount Castlereagh (1769-1822), later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, who negotiated a peace treaty of Vienna in 1815. Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).
Marks and inscriptions
Base: Blue shield with horizontal bars
Makers and roles
Vienna Porcelain Factory, porcelain manufacturer