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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

ca. 1800-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of stoneware with incised and relief decoration. Oviform body and cylindrical neck. Mounted with a pewter cover.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised and relief decoration and mounted with a pewter cover
Brief description
Jug of stoneware with incised and relief decoration, with a pewter cover, possibly made in Muskau, Germany, about 1800-1900.
Physical description
Jug of stoneware with incised and relief decoration. Oviform body and cylindrical neck. Mounted with a pewter cover.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ritterburg' (Inscribed on the neck)
  • 'Scharf' (Incised on the cover)
Gallery label
Jug Possibly made in Muskau, Germany about 1800-1900 Stoneware with incised and relief decoration C.724-1923 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art Collections Fund(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.724-1923

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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