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Jug and cover
Herculaneum Factory
1800-1810
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Herculaneum Factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Liverpool; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2009.0017 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Louise P. and Basil A. Richardson.
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Object Number
2009.0017 A, B
Object Name
Jug and cover
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Herculaneum Factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Liverpool; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1800-1810
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
- Enameled
- Engine-turned
- Turned
Dimensions (inches)
23 (H) x 15 (L) x 12.55 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
58.42 (H) x 38.1 (L) x 31.877 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Height: approximate
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hyland, Peter. 2005 The Herculaneum Pottery: Liverpool's Forgotten Glory.
• Similar (smaller) jug overall in shape, handle and lip with blue-ground neck and Admiral Lord Nelson-related maritime prints: pp. 63-4, fig. 51, c. 1805-6, with G. Martin signed print. Notes Herculaneum stoneware versions.Book: Hyland, Peter. 2005 The Herculaneum Pottery: Liverpool's Forgotten Glory.
• Printed (Farmers Arms) creamware jug of similar body and handle form with shorter (turned) neck and different lip: pp. 56, fig. 37, "HERCULANEUM" impressed mark, c. 1800.Book: Groft, Tammis K. & Mackay, Mary Alice. 1998 Albany Institute of History and Art: 200 years of collecting.
• Presentation pitcher with series of American market prints, signed "Enoch Wood & Sons / Manufacturers / Burslem": pp. 258-9, no. 98 (see Notes).Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Very similar shape jug, overall, lacking lid: August 3, 2013 sale, lot 711, similar shape and mask with different (black) prints, including Vicar and Moses. Dedication to a Mr. Thompson.Book: Northern Ceramic Society. Made in Liverpool: Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1850.
• Similar jug (Merseyside collection?) featuring prints signed "G. Martin Sculp": p. 137, no. 224Article: Rickard, Jonathan & Carpentier, Donald. 2004 "The Little Engine that Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry". Ceramics in America. 78-99.
• Engine-turning, rouletting and history for dipped and other English ceramics: whole article.