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Jug
Jug, earthenware, standing on a rounded spreading foot, bulbous body sloping inwards at the shoulder to a high cylindrical neck, beak spout with to the underside a mask of a bearded human face, wishbone handle moulded with raised scales along its length; a broad band of an olive-green ground around the lower body, this sprigged with two bouquets of flowers and foliage which have been overpainted in yellow, red, orange and green enamels, the foot, upper body, interior and exterior neck, spout and handle covered with copper lustre, the exterior neck sprigged with to either side a bouquet of flowers and foliage overpainted in yellow, red, orange and green enamels. The foot chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35359
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1837-1845 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 1891
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.2
diam
(cm): 12.7
Width
(cm): 17.8
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
Width
(in): 7
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
sprigged
decoration
Applied Art
lustre, copper
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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