Commemorative jug for SS Great Eastern
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Object number2014.03840
TitleCommemorative jug for SS Great Eastern
DescriptionCeramic jug printed with various scenes, including the Great Eastern laying the transatlantic cable, 'The Great Eastern paying out the Cable'. The jug has a red trim and is printed with five different images around the body. These images are of a mixture of themes - urban, social, nautical and pastoral.
Production date 1859
Production period19th century
Object namejug
Object categorycrockery
Materialceramic
Techniquemanufactured
Dimensions
- jug height: 230 mm
jug width: 190 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”