1428

1428m

1428a

1428c

Jug — CRC# 1428

Description
Bristol armorial jug finely painted with the arms of Pye of Faringdon, a shaped shield of Ermine a bend indented gules within a puce rococo border, the crest a cross crosslet between wings, flanked by flower sprays, the grooved handle with elaborate gilt borders. The two most likely members of the Pye family for whom this jug might have been made are Admiral Sir Thomas Pye (c.1708/9-1785) who served during the American Wars of Independence; and Henry James Pye (1745-1813), MP for Berkshire and Poet Laureate from 1790.
Service
Armorial
Size
12.5cm lip to handle, 13cm high
Condition
Perfect
Mark
No mark
Mark Group
No mark
Decorator
No mark
Historic Provenance
Witherick
CRC#
1428
Type
Jug

1428b