- Object name(s):
- Jug
- Brief description:
- Jug of red earthenware, partly glazed and painted with black enamel and gilded. In the form of an ancient Greek oinochoe, with a female mask at the base of the handle, and horizontal bands of black and gold.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Earthenware
- Content - concept:
- mask
- Credit line:
- Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EK3478/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 26
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.1
- Inscription content:
- 'WATCOMBE / TORQUAY'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Maker's mark impressed on base
- Inscription content:
- '2669'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Painted on base
- Inscription content:
- 'S'
- Material:
- earthenware
- Material:
- enamel
- Object history note:
- Given by the Watcombe Terra Cotta Clay Company. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
- Object name:
- Jug
- Object number:
- 3728-1901
- Object production date:
- 1869-1876
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1869-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1876-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Watcombe Pottery Co.
- Organisation's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- Torquay
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Jug of red earthenware, partly glazed and painted with black enamel and gilded. In the form of an ancient Greek oinochoe, with a female mask at the base of the handle, and horizontal bands of black and gold.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EK3478
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EK3475
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EB8948
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- glazed
- Technique:
- painted
- Technique:
- gilded
- Technique:
- Earthenware, partly glazed and painted with black enamel and gilded
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Jug made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, 3728-1901 Given by the Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company
- Text date:
- 23/05/2008
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9716ba54-2887-3482-98bb-0caf366f4a64
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9716ba54-2887-3482-98bb-0caf366f4a64, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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