67 | Chinese Export famille rose porcelain jug and cover Qianlong period, 18th century – the French silver mounts stamped with a cock’s head corresponding to 1744 – 1750 Height: 23.5 cm | 9 1/4 in Click image for full-size version The original model for this jug and cover can be found in both Dutch earthenware and Rouen faience – such vessels being referred to as beer pots in Holland. Silver mounted items of this type are most common in blue and white porcelain – with Dutch mounts; a famille rose model with French mounts is unusual, therefore. The jug is formed with a splayed foot, bulbous body, a long neck with small spout, and a curving handle. The circular porcelain cover is mounted in silver and attached to the handle by a hinged bridge; this is surmounted by a thumb piece in the form of a shell – stamped with a cock’s head at the top front. The decoration – in bright famille rose enamels – is an open design depicting ladies in a pavilion set within a garden terrace that overlooks a lake of flowering lotus. The scene is bordered above with a painted swag of fruits and flowers that is repeated around the edge of the cover – the latter centered with an open lotus flower. Similar example: Mounted Oriental Porcelain, International Exhibitions Foundation, by Sir Francis Watson, 1986 – no. 15 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This jug is very close in both its shape and French silver mounts (although slightly earlier: dated 1727 – 1732, and in famille verte colours).