Design: Jugs as Morality, Taste, and Identity
Can ceramics be moral? People living in Victorian England thought so. Middle class women should create homes filled with furnishings and objects to educate children to the highest moral standards. Outside the home, art and good design served to elevate the working classes by improving their taste and making them better citizens. Finally, Victorian jugs like these reinforced gender roles and defined morality through their elaborate, elegant designs.
 Vines in Framework 1846 Buff stoneware 1294 |
 Distin Family: The Saxhorn Performers 1845 Lavender and white parian 1696 |
 Commemorative of Betrothal of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII), to Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, married at Windsor on 10 March 1863 1863 White stoneware, blue enamel 1774 |
 Convolvulus 19 December 1850 White stoneware, brown and blue enamel 2056 |
 Jug of All Nations 1855 White stoneware 1285 |