A Chamberlain Worcester milk jug from the 'Horatia Service', circa...
A Chamberlain Worcester milk jug from the 'Horatia Service', circa 1802-03
The ovoid jug with an upswept handle and raised lip, richly-decorated with the 'Fine Old Japan' pattern no.240, with Imari panels reserving gold-ground medallions painted with a Ducal coronet, a Viscount's coronet and the crest of the San Josef, 14cm high, marked with the pattern number '240'
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Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Charles Wentworth Wass Collection
The Horatia breakfast service was a double set and contained two of each of the principal shapes. The original order, written in Chamberlain's ledgers following Nelson's visit in August 1802, included '2 Milks'. When the final invoice was drawn up in 1806, these were listed as '2 Cream Ewers'. These cost 9 shillings each with an additional charge of 5s.6d for adding the crest and coronets. That Chamberlains used both descriptions when listing the same service only adds to the age-old debate, whether jugs in tea sets should be called cream jugs or milk jugs.
In the Trickey Inventory of Lady Hamilton's possessions, drawn up circa 1813 as surety for a loan, the component parts of the 'Horatia Set' were carefully listed. Both jugs were still present and were described as '2 Cream Ewers'.
The present lot was among a number of items from the Horatia Set purchased by the Collector Charles Wentworth Wass. This jug was shown as part of the Wentworth Wass collection in a commemorative exhibition held by Thomas Goode & Co in 1898, illustrated as catalogue no.59. On his death in 1905, this jug was probably among items from the Charles Wentworth Wass collection sold by the London dealers Stoner and Evans. Wentworth Wass is known to have acquired Horatia Service pieces from Lord Bridport's collection, although none featured in the Bridport sale.
The second of the two jugs from the Horatia Service is now in the Museum of Royal Worcester. It was in R.W.Binns' Works Museum Collection before 1900, although omitted from the printed 1882/1884 catalogues, so this was probably acquired for the collection at the end of the 19th century. It is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), pl.118.
For further information on the Horatia Service please see the footnote to lot 41 in this sale.
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A Chamberlain Worcester milk jug from the 'Horatia Service', circa 1802-03
The ovoid jug with an upswept handle and raised lip, richly-decorated with the 'Fine Old Japan' pattern no.240, with Imari panels reserving gold-ground medallions painted with a Ducal coronet, a Viscount's coronet and the crest of the San Josef, 14cm high, marked with the pattern number '240'
Provenance
Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Charles Wentworth Wass Collection
The Horatia breakfast service was a double set and contained two of each of the principal shapes. The original order, written in Chamberlain's ledgers following Nelson's visit in August 1802, included '2 Milks'. When the final invoice was drawn up in 1806, these were listed as '2 Cream Ewers'. These cost 9 shillings each with an additional charge of 5s.6d for adding the crest and coronets. That Chamberlains used both descriptions when listing the same service only adds to the age-old debate, whether jugs in tea sets should be called cream jugs or milk jugs.
In the Trickey Inventory of Lady Hamilton's possessions, drawn up circa 1813 as surety for a loan, the component parts of the 'Horatia Set' were carefully listed. Both jugs were still present and were described as '2 Cream Ewers'.
The present lot was among a number of items from the Horatia Set purchased by the Collector Charles Wentworth Wass. This jug was shown as part of the Wentworth Wass collection in a commemorative exhibition held by Thomas Goode & Co in 1898, illustrated as catalogue no.59. On his death in 1905, this jug was probably among items from the Charles Wentworth Wass collection sold by the London dealers Stoner and Evans. Wentworth Wass is known to have acquired Horatia Service pieces from Lord Bridport's collection, although none featured in the Bridport sale.
The second of the two jugs from the Horatia Service is now in the Museum of Royal Worcester. It was in R.W.Binns' Works Museum Collection before 1900, although omitted from the printed 1882/1884 catalogues, so this was probably acquired for the collection at the end of the 19th century. It is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), pl.118.
For further information on the Horatia Service please see the footnote to lot 41 in this sale.
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