A rare Nantgarw milk jug, circa 1818-20


Of circular form with a ridged strap handle, painted in London with three panels of flowers edged with gilded scrollwork, the bright turquoise ground with radiating oeil de perdrix in gold and puce, delicate gilded scrollwork just inside the spout, 7.7cm high
|Nantgarw milk jugs occur in two forms, oblong and circular, the circular being perhaps the rarest. A London-decorated example was sold by Bonhams, 2 November 2015 and a locally-decorated example by Thomas Pardoe on 15 November 2017, lot 287. Others are illustrated by E Morton Nance, The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw (1942), pl.CLXI and W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album (1975), Illustration 82. The decoration is similar to that found on the Dukes of Newcastle and Gloucester services, except that the floral panels in the border are edged with scrollwork rather than bands of gilt ovals.