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Its technique is also very interesting, as transfer-printing is rarely found on low-fired terracotta. Terracotta was used for wine coolers because of its porosity, which enabled the coolers to be immersed in chilled water before use. A royal order placed with Davenport in 1807 included ‘24  Egyptian porouse Wine Coolers, Embossed & C’ at 10s 6d each, but these are thought to have been painted (rather than transfer-printed, as here).\r\n\r\nDavenport was one of the big four English ceramic firms during the early-mid 19th century, alongside Minton, Spode and Wedgwood, and was generally at the cutting edge of design, but not always innovative in terms of materials and techniques. However, the firm left no archive, and in part because it did not pioneer a new ceramic material with which the factory’s name became synonymous (as with Wedgwood with Jasper and Minton with Majolica), and because it left no archive, its importance was largely forgotten until the 1970s.","physicalDescription":"Wine cooler of terracotta with moulded handles, painted in enamel and transfer-printed. Barrel-shaped with handles formed as grotesque dolphin masks; the uppermost part of the body is painted in brown enamel with a band of crude Greek key fret ornament; the central portion of the body is transfer-printed in black with Egyptian motifs; and the lower part is banded top and bottom in brown.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Davenport & Co.","id":"A9084"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"terracotta","id":"AAT10669"}],"techniques":[{"text":"thrown","id":"AAT53908"},{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"},{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"transfer printed","id":"AAT53922"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Terracotta, thrown, with moulded handles, painted in enamel and transfer-printed","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Tableware & cutlery","id":"THES48888"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"}],"styles":[{"text":"Egyptian revival","id":"AAT21448"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2010EK3492","2010EK3578"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"138","id":"THES49875"},"free":"","case":"12","shelf":"7","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Wine cooler","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Longport","id":"x28984"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1805-1810","earliest":"1800-01-01","latest":"1810-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Judy Novak","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"18.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"across handles","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"23.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Unmarked.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Erroneously catalogued as bearing the Davenport factory mark (Bonhams, London, 21 September 2005, lot 47)."}],"objectHistory":"Bought from the Joyce Mountain Collection (Bonhams, London, 21 September 2005).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Wine cooler, terracotta painted in enamels and transfer-printed, Davenport's factory, Longport, ca. 1805-1810","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"For similar examples from the Davenport factory, see G. 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