Description:
English brownware (dark chocolate colored) jug with a straight collar, pinched spout, C-shaped handle, and baluster-shaped body with a distinct shoulder and flat base, which is covered overall with yellow transfer prints with chinoiserie designs with swirling palm trees, tall building with a ringed tower, two figures, etc. In the past this type of yellow transfer-printed brown ware is sometimes referred to as "Portobello ware" and was associated with the Portobello Factory of Scotland - In fact, this ware was not made at the Portobello factory nor made in Scotland at all-- It is now thought to have produced by potters in Staffordshire and the Scott Brothers of Southwick Pottery in Sunderland. This style of decoration has been found on Dutch delft wares from around 1700, with dark brown grounds called "chocolate" and golden yellow chinoiserie decoration.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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