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Jug or bottle, grey stoneware, mottled brown salt-glaze, rounded foot, globular body, decorated with a central band containing a repeated inscription, with four applied acanthus leaves above and below, and with five roundels, each bearing a man's head in profile to right; elongated neck sprigged with a large bearded mask; loop handle; shallow domed pewter cover, hinged, with bead finial and bifurcated thumbpiece.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32748
Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Workshop
Place: Cologne
Period: 16th century (mid)
Acquisition
Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, 7/10/1996
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Measurements
h(cm) overall:27
h(cm)
Height
(cm): 24.6
diam
(cm): 8.6
Width
(cm): 16.2
h(in) overall:10 5/8
h(in)
Height
(in): 9
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Brown salt-glazed stoneware
Pewter
Location
Gallery 02 : Case C
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