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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

1589 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug depicting the arms of the City of Cologne, of grey stoneware covered with a brown glaze. Globular body, short cylindrical neck, small loop handle. On the neck are impressed with three leaf-shaped devices.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware with impressed and applied moulded decoration
Brief description
Jug depicting the arms of the City of Cologne, glazed stoneware with impressed and applied moulded decoration, made in Frechen, Germnay, dated 1589
Physical description
Jug depicting the arms of the City of Cologne, of grey stoneware covered with a brown glaze. Globular body, short cylindrical neck, small loop handle. On the neck are impressed with three leaf-shaped devices.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
Gallery label
Jug depicting the arms of the City of Cologne Made in Frechen, Germany dated 1589 Stoneware with applied moulded decoration 4783-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
4783-1901

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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