A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE HOT MILK JUG AND COVER

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A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE HOT MILK JUG AND COVER
CIRCA 1775-1780, PERHAPS WEDGWOOD AND PRINTED BY SADLER AND GREEN, LIVERPOOL, INCISED LINES MARK

Of baluster form raised on three paw feet with lion-mask knees, the loop handle with small scroll terminal, the slightly domed cover with pierced ball finial printed in iron-red with rocaille scrolls and flowers, the front printed with a peahen and peacock in a landscape, birds flying overhead, the back with a similar scene of exotic birds displayign in a landscape, Jacobs Collection no. 537 (paws restored)--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's London, June 18, 1984, lot 54

Literature

Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, Vol I, fig. 274

Lot Essay

Cf. The Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy, London, 1966 reprint, plates 65-69 for engravings by Robert Hancock of similar exotic birds adapted by Sadler and Green for transfer printing on creamware. Cf. also Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, fig. C23 (right) for a similar jug and cover in the E.N. Stretton Collection also raised on paw feet and similarly decorated. Jugs on paw feet were based on silver shapes of the same period.