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Jug, shape 260

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Porcelain
  • Place Made: England
  • DATES introduced 1872, made 1889
    DIMENSIONS 7 x 3 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (17.8 x 9.8 x 10.5 cm)
    MARKINGS Co. logo printed in puce with letter 'O'; incised '260'; handwritten in black "R'; handwritten in red ' B' or '8'; applied rectangular tag with '998'.
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1999.152.17
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Harold S. Keller
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ewer, ivory-bodied porcelain, spherical shape; the body and elongated neck enriched with sprigs of gilt edged and veined polychrome flowers and leaves, superimposed with a finely-molded gilt dragon, its head and two front feet encircling neck, its body forming a handle, its back legs and scrolled tail affixed to lower body. Condition: Very good.
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