Early Worcester Porcelain Scratch Cross Cider Jug c1755

Description

Heading : Early Worcester Porcelain Cider Jug
Date : 1754-1756
Period : George II
Marks : Incised ‘scratch cross’ and painters mark
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Muted colours and embellished with touches of gilding
Pattern : Long Eliza type figures with tall table and bird in a hooped cage
Features : Pear shaped jug with a downward turning curved lip, the scroll handle with spur thumb rest. Heavily potted
Condition : Generally excellent, with no chips and no cracks, some tiny frits on the rim only
Restoration : None
Dimensions : Height 18.5cm x 12.5cm diameter
Weight : 643 grams

Reference : Fig. 30 in Spero, Simon, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, (Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd: London, 1984), p. 38.