Beer Jug
ca. 1750 (made)
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Beer jug and cover, in the form of a conventionalised figure of a bear hugging a dog, salt-glazed stoneware. Cylindrical body, loop handle. The head, forming the cover, has applied ears and eyes and crossed bands of applied clay on the top. Both body and head are decorated with horizontal rouletted lines and dots of brown clay.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware |
| Brief description | Beer jug, salt-glazed stoneware, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Beer jug and cover, in the form of a conventionalised figure of a bear hugging a dog, salt-glazed stoneware. Cylindrical body, loop handle. The head, forming the cover, has applied ears and eyes and crossed bands of applied clay on the top. Both body and head are decorated with horizontal rouletted lines and dots of brown clay. |
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| Gallery label | Beer jug
Made in Staffordshire, about 1750
Salt-glazed stoneware
C.90-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Stoner & Evans, 1930. |
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| Accession number | C.90&A-1938 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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