Allertons Gaudy Welsh Jug and Georgian Tankard
An Allertons jug showing a sunflower-pattern with dragon handle selling with a Georgian Tankard. (mobile phone not for sale, just to show scale) Gaudy Welsh first appeared around the late ’s. It was a working class chinaware for show on the dresser, and yes, it was gaudy, The main colours chosen for decoration were orange, dark and light greens and most spectacularly a intense cobalt blue, in addition turquoise, yellow and pink were also used along with gold and pink lustre. Gaudy Welsh was visually eclectic, with references taken from different styles and eras. It often shows a collision of images and sets up tensions between craftsman-like fine detail and brash-naive hand-painted additions. Tulip (or Daffodil), sunflower leaf and oyster patterns combine with energetic gestural strokes and heavy blocks of cobalt overpainting. Read More