Pair of Caughley-style Cabbage Mask Jugs, 18th Century

Two cabbage moulded mask jugs in the manner of Caughley, late…
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Two cabbage moulded mask jugs in the manner of Caughley, late 18th century, the jugs in two sizes with blue transferware designs, the larger with wild roses, convolvulus and other blooms with butterflies, with repair to base and open crescent mark; the smaller with differing bouquets and unmarked, Heights 15.5 cm, and 23 cm

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  • Transfer Printed / Decorated Transferware - Transfer printing is method of decorating ceramics, reducing the cost of decoration when compared to employing artists to paint each piece. A print was taken on transfer-paper from an engraved copperplate, covered in ink prepared with metallic oxides, and the image on the paper was then applied to the biscuit-fired ceramic body. The print was fixed by heating the object in an oven, and then glazed, sealing the picture. Early transfer prints were blue and white, as cobalt was the only colour to stand firing without blurring. Early in the 19th century advances in the composition of the transfer paper resulted in better definition and detail, and enabled engravers to combine line-engraving with stipple.

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