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

Jug

1770 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Gmunden Pottery (maker)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

Jug of tin-glazed earthenware and painted. Scalloped panels with musicians. Round the neck is painted 'IOSEF . SCHV . ELAC . K'.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Faience
Earthenware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Painted
Brief description
Jug of buff earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. Austrian (Gmunden), dated 1770.
Physical description
Jug of tin-glazed earthenware and painted. Scalloped panels with musicians. Round the neck is painted 'IOSEF . SCHV . ELAC . K'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AK' (Under handle)
  • 'H' (In purple on base)
  • 'IOSEF . SCHV . ELAC . K' (Painted round the neck)
Gallery label
Jug Made in Austria dated 1770 Marks: 'AK' under handle 'H' in purple on base Tin-glazed earthenware C.11-1934(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bought from the Arthur Lane fund
Subject depicted
Musicians
Bibliographic references
  • Bossert, H.T., Peasant Art, XXXIII
  • Walcher von Moltheiss, A., 'Die Gmunder Bauernfayencen', Kunst und Kunsthandwerk, X (1907)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.11-1934

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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