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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. 1850-1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of lead-glazed earthenware decorated with coloured slips. Pear-shaped with a wide funnel-shaped neck and loop handle. Painted with bands of chequer-pattern in manganese-brown and formal flowers in yellow, dull blue and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware covered with slip and painted in colours
Brief description
Red earthenware painted in colours over a white slip. Romanian (Transylvania), about 1850-80.
Physical description
Jug of lead-glazed earthenware decorated with coloured slips. Pear-shaped with a wide funnel-shaped neck and loop handle. Painted with bands of chequer-pattern in manganese-brown and formal flowers in yellow, dull blue and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Gallery label
Jug Made in Transylvania, Hungary about 1890-1910 Lead-glazed earthenware decorated with coloured slips C.823-1917 Given by Mr Herman Hart(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Object history
Part of a large group of objects given by Herman Hart and described by him as Hungarian.
When acquired, it was described by the museum curator as Hungarian (Transylvania), late 19th or early 20th century.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.823-1917

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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