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Puzzle jug
Puzzle jug, pearl-glazed earthenware, baluster form with a tall collar neck, angular tubular handle, grooved along the back, the handle encircling the neck and terminating in a small globular pierced nozzle, the neck below the tube pierced with a complex repeating pattern of spades diamonds and dots, above the tube with diamonds and dots; the body painted in enamels with a sprig of red and yellow flowers under the nozzle, and a sprig either side of pink roses and flowers with red and yellow petals, brown enamel line above foot, outlining handle, above neck tube, and below rim, brown enamel pattern of ovals within two concentric lines below collar.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30775
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.5
Length
(cm): 16.1
Width
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 6
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
Location
In store
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