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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

1671 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Slovakia (made)
Hungary (made)

Painted in colours with a belt of floral scroll on a deep yellow ground and inscribed ANNO 1671. Barrel-shaped with short neck and loop handle. Below the neck a band of grape pattern. Floral belt painted in white, blue, turquoise and mangangese purple. Below this another band of grape pattern.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Faience
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Brief description
Earthenware painted in colours on a yellow-tinted tin-glaze. Slovakia, probably Sobotiste, dated 1671.
Physical description
Painted in colours with a belt of floral scroll on a deep yellow ground and inscribed ANNO 1671. Barrel-shaped with short neck and loop handle. Below the neck a band of grape pattern. Floral belt painted in white, blue, turquoise and mangangese purple. Below this another band of grape pattern.
Marks and inscriptions
ANNO 1671
Translation
in the year 1671
Gallery label
  • Jug Made in Moravia/Hungary, Central European dated 1671 Tin-glazed earthenware C.243-1923(16/07/2008)
  • Jug, Slovakia, probably made in Sobotiste, dated 1671 C.243-1923 Bought with funds from the Murray Bequest(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Purchased through the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray
Object history
Bought with funds from the Murray Bequest. Bought from the Rosenheim sale on 3 May 1923 - lot 189 where it is described as German.
Madame Krohova of the Prague Folk Museum informed the department in 1927 that this jug is from the village of Sobotiste, Distict Nitra, Slovakia.
In 1931, this was described as simply 'Hungarian' by Prof. K. Csanyi of Budapest.
At the time of acquision, this tankard was considered to be Moravian. Subsequently, it has been attributed to Hungary and to Slovakia.
Production
Probably from Sobotiste
Bibliographic reference
M. Haberlandt, Osterreichische Volkskunst, 1911
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.243-1923

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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