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Culture:English
Title:jug
Date Made:1823
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: refined red earthenware, copper luster, overglaze polychrome enamels, white slip
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.; 17.4752 x 13.97 x 21.2852 cm
Accession Number:  HD 87.035
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English lusterware jug covered overall with gold "copper" luster and decorated with painted enamels in green, white, pink, yellow, and blue, and a white slip interior. The jug is inscribed in yellow under the spout "Mrs HP When this you see / Remember me SL / 1823". The jug has a curving, everted pouring lip; a high, wide, straight-sided neck defined from the spherical body by an incised line; and a C-shaped handle with stylized acanthus scrolls. The body and neck are decorated with floral sprays in green, white, pink, and blue.

Subjects:
Pottery; Copper; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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