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The lip was sometimes formed  as a mask, as in this example,  or the jug could have a plain cylindrical neck. <br><br><b>Place</b><br>The jugs were first made at the Worcester porcelain factory, and then at Lowestoft (Suffolk), Caughley and several of the Liverpool factories. The design was also copied in Chinese porcelain for export to the West.<br><br><b>Marketing</b><br>The Caughley factory was one of the few British porcelain factories to have a significant local market. The factory had a warehouse nearby in Bridgenorth, where 'country' dealers could buy wares. London dealers, however, had to obtain their stock from the factory's manager, Thomas Turner. The painted monogram on this piece would have been specially commissioned, possibly through the Bridgenorth shop or from the factory itself. <br><br>Other large porcelain factories, such as Worcester, sold much of their output through wholesale china dealers in London. A Worcester wholesale price list of about 1755-1756 describes these jugs as 'Dutch Jugs', and gives their wholesale price as three shillings and six pence, or eight shillings, apparently per dozen, according to their size.","physicalDescription":"Jug of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and transfer-printed and painted in underglaze blue. Egg-shaped body moulded with a cabbage-leaf pattern. Cylindrical neck, lip moulded with a bearded mask and scroll handle. On either side of the body and neck are printed, respectively, with large and small groups of flowers. 'JL' is painted on the front in a medallion above the date 1779.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Caughley Porcelain Factory","id":"A6715"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"soft paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"}],"techniques":[{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"},{"text":"transfer-printed","id":"AAT53922"},{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and transfer-printed and painted in underglaze blue","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AN1762","2006AN1761"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"52A (VA)","id":"THES49768"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"13"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jug","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Caughley","id":"x43797"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1779","earliest":"1779-01-01","latest":"1779-12-31"},"association":{"text":"dated","id":"AAT54714"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx.","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"15","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx.","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'S'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"In underglaze blue"},{"content":"'JL' [In monogram]","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"In the front in a medallion"},{"content":"'1779'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Painted below the medallion"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jug of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and transfer-printed and painted in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, dated 1779.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"For these patterns, see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns, 2012, cat. 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