Description:
English redware thrown, baluster-shaped cream or milk jug with a "sparrow's beak" pouring lip and hand-rolled handle applied as a loop with a curled lower terminal; the cover is missing. The front side under the spout is decorated with cream-colored, mold-applied relief ornaments in the form of the Royal coat of arms, flanked by a rampant lion and a unicorn and the blurred inscribed ribbon "DIEU ET MON DROIT", over a scrolled leaf. According to Jonathan Horne, the Royal coat of arms was often used at this time, probably intended to show support for the King rather than the Jacobites. There were many versions of the Royal Arms appearing in cream-colored clay on redware, indicating that a number of manufacturers produced these designs. Wasters with these motifs have been found at the Thomas Whieldon, Fenton-Vivian factory site (1747-1780) and at other sites in Staffordshire. Historic Deerfield also owns a related teapot [HD 63.207].
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Redware Link to share this object record:
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