A Philip Christian Liverpool porcelain lamprey handled cream jug c.1775

Description.

Elaborately moulded, with the lamprey handle which was (rather inexplicably) popular on porcelain creamers of the mid/late 18thc (Worcester, amongst others, also produced similar designs). The probable explanation of the lamprey motif is that the fish was plentiful both in the Severn and Mersey rivers and would have constituted a cheap (or even free) source of food.

Somewhat crudely painted with stylised floral sprays.

Unmarked, but a known design.

Condition.

Excellent. Some minor enamel wear.

Dimensions.

12 cm in length.

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