Silver lustre jug
Date made: early 18th century
Description: Lustre Jug, said to be 200 years old.
P. M. C. Kermode, first Director of the Manx Museum, described the jug in the Museum Register: 'Jug. Silver and white resist lustre doves on a pale background. The handle gone & replaced by a band of iron. C 1730.'
Research suggests that the technique for producing silver lustre was not developed until the 1790s, casting some doubt upon P. M. C. Kermode's dating of this object. Birds and foliage was a design usually associated with Yorkshire potteries.
Materials: ceramic
Object name: jug
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 1954-0972a
Subject tags : #MM100