Lowestoft Porcelain Small Polychrome Enamelled Sparrow Beak Jug 1785-90

Description

Heading : Lowestoft Porcelain Small Polychrome Enamelled Sparrow Beak Jug
Date : c 1785-1790
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Lowestoft. England
Colour : Polychrome enamels over white base
Pattern : Unnamed. but recognisable as a ‘formal floral pattern in the style of Chinese export market porcelains’ as per the reference material below; small sprays of flowers and foliage. with a cornucopia and single larger bloom

Features: No thumb rest to the handle
Condition : Excellent; a very small unglazed patch to the rim. the tiniest of hairline cracks where the ‘spout meets the body and an unglazed area to the outside of the foot rim; minor kiln spit internally
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 9.1 cm high – 6.1 cm diameter at widest point

References: Lowestoft Porcelains (Geoffrey Godden 1969) pages 28. 57 et seq