Chelsea
(England 1744–1769)
- Title
- Goat and bee jug
- Year
- circa 1745-circa 1749
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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11.0 x 7.8 x 5.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2010.203
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Jugs of this design, incorporating two seated goats and a bee, are among the earliest products of the Chelsea factory. An example in the British Museum is dated 1745. The design is probably based on a silver prototype though no genuine example in silver is known.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 54 (colour illus.). cat.no. 57
