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Of Scottish Interest: An important Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester presentation jug and cover, circa 1820 image 1
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Of Scottish Interest: An important Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester presentation jug and cover, circa 1820

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Of Scottish Interest: An important Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester presentation jug and cover, circa 1820

Of shouldered ovoid form, with an exuberant foliate moulded handle and exaggerated spout decorated with gilt thistles, the body applied with four bands of 'pearls', the cover with a thistle finial, painted with two gilt-edged panels reserving the arms of Gordon and a titled view of 'Lochnagarr [sic] from the north bank of the Dee opposite Abergeldie', a large spray of thistles painted below the spout, the shoulder with the family crest of a deer hound below the motto 'GOD WITH US', 25cm high, title and script mark in red, cover with printed mark (2)

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Provenance
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
Charles Dawson Collection

Illustrated by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.82, fig.8.11. This handsome jug demonstrates the factory's ability to meet the demands of specific commissions. The Scottish thistle features in the modelling, painting and gilding. It was presented to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon by his friends. As the Chief of Clan Gordon, he was the first to bear the rather impressive epithet 'Cock O' the North'. Gordon was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland between 1794-1806, again between 1807-1827 and received the Order of the Thistle in 1775. He raised the 92nd Regiment of Foot for the French Revolutionary Wars, later named the Gordon Highlanders and is also credited with popularising and formalising the breed standard of the Gordon setter. He also established the new villages of Fochabers, Tomintoul and Portgordon.

The strainer and generous spout suggest this jug was intended for serving toast and water. Burnt toast was mixed with other ingredients to make a medicinal and fortifying drink, which was then strained whilst pouring.

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