Jug
ca. 1600 (made)
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Jug of glazed buff-coloured fritware, with a bulbous body, slightly expanding neck, and curved handle. Painted in red, blue and green round the body with five blue pomegranate-shaped cartouches, each containing a symmetrical floral device and surrounded by sprays of flowers. The neck is similarly decorated on a smaller scale.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, polychrome underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Jug of glazed fritware, with a bulbous body, painted under the glaze in colours with scrolling flowers and cartouches, Turkey (Iznik), ca. 1600. |
| Physical description | Jug of glazed buff-coloured fritware, with a bulbous body, slightly expanding neck, and curved handle. Painted in red, blue and green round the body with five blue pomegranate-shaped cartouches, each containing a symmetrical floral device and surrounded by sprays of flowers. The neck is similarly decorated on a smaller scale. |
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| Object history | Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892. |
| Production | register |
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| Accession number | 348-1897 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2009 |
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