Description:
English pearlware jug with molded relief decoration in blue, green, brown, and orange. This style is often called "Prattware", after the potter, William Pratt, who developed the palette at his factory in Lane Delph, Staffordshire. These are the typical range of colors available for underglaze painted decoration, a palette limited to colors derived from metallic oxides that could withstand the heat of the glaze firing. The compressed ovoid-shaped, molded jug has a white body, with a floral band in blue, green, and brown surrounded by thin brown bands around the opening rim and pinched spout. The oval reserves on the sides, depicting peacocks in a landscape setting accented in blue, orange, and brown, are set within a leaf-bordered "sunburst" medallion. The waisted base is decorated in relief with alternating flowers in blue and tall, upright orange and green acanthus leaves. The flared bottom has a relief rope or guilloche border. The applied, ribbed strap handle has brown foliate decoration.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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