Jug

White stoneware jug with a reeded neck and handle. The neck and the top of the handle are coloured blue and the base of the spout is yellow. The surface of the body is roughened and decorated with applied reliefs painted in natural colours. Under the lip a laurete bust within a wreath, on one side the full-length figure of a naval officer, brandishing a sword and holding a speaking trumpet, a gun behind. A warship is shown on the other side. The handle ends in foliage picked out in blue and moulded ridges on the base of the jug are similarly picked out in green.

Object Details

ID: AAA5067
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Castleford
Date made: circa 1800
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lionel Preston Collection
Measurements: Overall: 155 x 165 x 135 mm