Advanced Search 
Covered Jug
Made at: Lowestoft Manufactory (England)
English
about 1770–80
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 21cm (8 1/4in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2197a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCoffee pot with domed, round ball finial cover. Bowl of pot circled by chinoiserie figures and children in a garden, slight landscaping in background. Cover decorated in same manner.
Marks
D L in black enamel under base
ProvenanceProbably William Rix Seago, Esq. August 1873, sold by Messrs. Spelman, Lowestoft [see note 1]. By 1940, Arthur S. Vernay, New York (dealer); November 15, 1940, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] as cited in Godden, "Lowestoft", p. 128.
NOTES:
[1] as cited in Godden, "Lowestoft", p. 128.