Decorative arts — C. 1745-1749
Jug, cream jug
Nicholas Sprimont, a Huguenot goldsmith, ran the Chelsea porcelain manufactory, supported financially by the diplomat Sir Everard Fawkener. He was born in Liège, a French-speaking part of Flanders, and was trained as a silversmith. His skill as a modeller and designer is reflected in many of the factory's early productions. A wide range of influences inspired Chelsea wares including designs found on French, German and Oriental porcelains. Chelsea porcelain was aimed at an aristocratic and wealthy clientele.
This soft-paste slip-cast cream jug, known as a 'goat and bee jug', may have been one of the first pieces designed by Sprimont. A related model exists in silver carrying his maker's mark. Some of these small porcelain jugs are marked on the base with the date '1745'. Others like this one just carry the incised triangle mark which is found on Chelsea wares produced between 1745 and 1749. Some jugs are painted in enamel colours while other like this one are undecorated.
- Category:
- Decorative arts
- Object ID:
- C2336
- Object name:
- jug, cream jug
- Object type:
- jug, cream jug
- Artist/Maker:
- Chelsea
- Related people:
- Chelsea
- Related events:
- —
- Related places:
- Chelsea, London [Kensington and Chelsea], Kensington and Chelsea
- Production date:
- c. 1745-1749
- Material:
- ceramic, porcelain, soft paste porcelain
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 65 mm (base), H 108 mm, W 48 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Credit:
- Loan, Private Collection
- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
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