Object Detail
Description
cream jug with a bead scroll handle and border and a vacant cartouche, decorated with a swan and cockerel in a rural setting decorated with waterbirds in a forest setting, raised on a circular dome foot.
Maker and role
silversmith: Charles Hougham (English, b.1748, d.1793)
Production place
London, England
Production date
1783
Media description
sterling silver
Measurements
12 x 115 x 55 mm
Credit line
bequest of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes, Melbourne, 2021, in memory of his parents Sir Wilfred Deakin Brookes, CBE, DSO, AE and Mrs. Betty (née Heal) Brookes
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell and a specified fund established from the Estate of Mr. Clive Hele (Roger) Brookes.
Accession number
A1588
TJC reference number
6315
