Jug and Cover
1867 (made)
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Coloured glass with painted enamel decoration and gilding. The painted enamel heads show the Kings of Poland from 550 to 1614.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled and gilt glass, with pewter mounts |
| Brief description | Jug and cover, Austria, Vienna (Vienna), made by Heinrich Ulrich glassworks, 1867-1867, 610-1869. |
| Physical description | Coloured glass with painted enamel decoration and gilding. The painted enamel heads show the Kings of Poland from 550 to 1614. |
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| Gallery label | 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
This jug was purchased from the Paris 1867 Exhibition; it was described as in the 'old German style', although the heads are kings of Poland from 550 to 1614. Headed by Lobmeyr, the many Austrian and Bohemian glassworks produced a vast range of rummers, goblets, covered jars, drinking horns, and so on, some based on traditional useful wares, others, like this jug, in an approximation of Gothic or early Renaissance styles. They were usually painted in enamels with heraldry.(1987-2006) |
| Object history | This jug was purchased from the Paris 1867 Exhibition; it was described as in the 'old German style', although the heads are kings of Poland from 550 to 1614. |
| Historical context | Headed by Lobmeyr, the many Austrian and Bohemian glassworks produced a vast range of rummers, goblets, covered jars, drinking horns, and so on, some based on traditional useful wares, others, like this jug, in an approximation of Gothic or early Renaissance styles. They were usually painted in enamels with heraldry. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Sc. & Art dept List of Objects Obtained during the Paris exbn., 1867, p 2, no. 256; Catalogue Expo. Univ. de 1867, Paris, vol.1 Gr. III, p.99 |
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| Accession number | 610-1869 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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