Silver Lustre Cream Jug

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Silver Lustre Cream Jug

Entry/Object ID

3249

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Marjorie Ellis Kroha

Notes

Date: 1976 Credit Line: Bequest of Marjorie Ellis Kroha, Class of 1914, Home Economics Means of Accession: Bequest

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1825 - 1840

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, L, W: 4 1/4x5 1/4x2 1/2 in; H, L, W: 10.79x13.33x6.35 cm

Height

4-1/4 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Length

5-1/4 in

Height

10.79 cm

Width

6.35 cm

Length

13.33 cm

Material

Earthenware (lustreware), lead glaze

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The forms for tea wares were often inspired by silver and metalwork. At times, even the ceramic materials were made to look metallic like these lustreware pieces, which have a ceramic body with metallic oxides added to the glaze that revert back to their metallic form after firing.