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Goat and bee jug

Dateca. 1745-49
Label TextGoat and bee jugs represent some of the earliest productions of Chelsea, the first established English porcelain manufactory. These jugs have always been admired. The thin, fragile legs of the bees have survived intact for over 250 years, indicating that enormous care was taken to preserve these two jugs.
Object number69.162
ProvenanceCollection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 San Francisco, California, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, “Uncommon Clay – The English Pottery Prior to the Industrial Revolution”, 1972-3.Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 218 MacKenna, F. Severne. Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares. pp. 22-23, pl. 6, fig. 14, pp. 78-79, figs. 1, 14 Savage, George. 18th Century English Porcelain. London: Rockliff, 1958, pp. 191-192, pl. 9c; 18th Century English Porcelain. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Ceramics Society, 1956, p. 42, #55, p. 11, #55
Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
Dimensions4 in. (10.2 cm), height
MediumSoft paste porcelain
Goat and bee jug
English, Chelsea
ca. 1745- 49
Object number: 76.207
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ca. 1750-52
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Octagonal dish
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ca. 1754
Object number: 76.228.1
Octagonal dish
English, Chelsea
ca. 1768-70
Object number: 76.228.2
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1755
Object number: 55.83.1
Scalloped plate
English, Chelsea
ca. 1755
Object number: 55.83.2
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Object number: 76.237.1
Photo: Paul Macapia
English, Chelsea
ca. 1765
Object number: 76.237.2
Plate
English, Chelsea
ca. 1754
Object number: 95.102
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1754
Object number: 95.103
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ca. 1744-49
Object number: 55.79
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English, Chelsea
1753-58
Object number: 55.81