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Covered jug

Made at: Lowestoft Manufactory (England)
English
about 1780

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions Overall: 25cm (9 13/16in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2196a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionPear shaped coffee pot with cover; orange ground overlayed with diamond pattern gilding, two large cartouche reserves, decorated with chinoiserie figures, interiors and landscape, six small reserves around pot with floral decoration, cover with 2 reserves
Marks none
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)