- Object name(s):
- Jug
- Brief description:
- Jug of glazed red earthenware painted with red, light blue and black enamels and gilded, partly on a light red ground. Truncated cone-shaped with scrolled loop handle and projecting lip. Painted with a diaper pattern of rosettes.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Earthenware
- Content - concept:
- scrolls
- Content - concept:
- diaper
- Content - concept:
- rosettes
- Credit line:
- Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EB9264/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 18.4
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 12.7
- Inscription content:
- 'WATCOMBE /TORQUAY' above six dashes
- Inscription interpretation:
- Maker's mark impressed on base
- Inscription content:
- '2106'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Painted on base
- Inscription content:
- Line and two dots
- Inscription interpretation:
- Decorator's mark painted on base
- Material:
- earthenware
- Material:
- enamels
- 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:
- 3740-1901
- 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 glazed red earthenware painted with red, light blue and black enamels and gilded, partly on a light red ground. Truncated cone-shaped with scrolled loop handle and projecting lip. Painted with a diaper pattern of rosettes.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EB9264
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- painted
- Technique:
- gilded
- Technique:
- Earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Jug Made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co, Torquay , Devon, England, 1869-76 Mark: 'Watcombe Torquay' and a symbol, impressed Earthenware with printed decoration 3740-1901 Given by Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company, formerly Jermyn Street Collection
- Text date:
- 23/05/2008
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b1c3c9b1-9947-3ead-80dd-d19770e5abce
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b1c3c9b1-9947-3ead-80dd-d19770e5abce, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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