Jug
ca. 1620 (made)
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Object Type
This jug is of entirely conventional type, having a globular body, cylindrical neck and strap handle derived from the ubiquitous imported German stoneware beer mugs.
Collectors & Owners
Extremely few pieces of early delftware have been traced as belonging to the gentry, other than as examples acquired later by antiquarians to furnish their country houses. This jug, however, was discovered at Browsholme, Lancashire, home of the Parker family since at least the 17th century. The house was something of a time-warp: stacks of 18th-century Chinese armorial dinner plates survived in the dining room, while weapons and buckskin riding boots from the English Civil War were found in the hall. It is possible, therefore, that the V&A is only the second owner of this jug, an object designed for display.
Materials & Making
Although the London delftware industry was still in its infancy in 1620, it is apparent that experienced Netherlandish potters were reproducing the sophisticated wares that they had made in their homeland. Nothing like this successful combination of contemporary print-designs, painted fruit and foliage copied from Netherlandish and Italian maiolica and a range of vivid oxide colours had been been seen in England before.
This jug is of entirely conventional type, having a globular body, cylindrical neck and strap handle derived from the ubiquitous imported German stoneware beer mugs.
Collectors & Owners
Extremely few pieces of early delftware have been traced as belonging to the gentry, other than as examples acquired later by antiquarians to furnish their country houses. This jug, however, was discovered at Browsholme, Lancashire, home of the Parker family since at least the 17th century. The house was something of a time-warp: stacks of 18th-century Chinese armorial dinner plates survived in the dining room, while weapons and buckskin riding boots from the English Civil War were found in the hall. It is possible, therefore, that the V&A is only the second owner of this jug, an object designed for display.
Materials & Making
Although the London delftware industry was still in its infancy in 1620, it is apparent that experienced Netherlandish potters were reproducing the sophisticated wares that they had made in their homeland. Nothing like this successful combination of contemporary print-designs, painted fruit and foliage copied from Netherlandish and Italian maiolica and a range of vivid oxide colours had been been seen in England before.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | A man, fruit and an inscription |
| Physical description | Neck and body painted with fruit and a bird below the handle in blue, ochre and pale green. The neck has the initials C/R E in blue. On the front of the body an oval panel containing a standing figure of a young man wearing a cartwheel ruff, doublet and voluminous Venetian breeches, garters at the knee, stockings, shoes with rosettes, holding a hat with a hand over his heart and the inscription I.AM NO. BEGGAR. I. CAN. NOT. CRAVE. BUT. YU. KNOW. THE. THING. THAT. I. WOULD. HAVE all in blue. Bands of ornament on handle and at neck and foot in blue. White interior. Body colour: Pale buff. Glaze: White, thick and lumpy with bluish specks over a white slip which is visible on the foot and under the handle. Shape: Base unglazed, slightly concave, without foot-rim. Handle flat with concave groove inside and outside and a rounded terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed C/R E .... |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
The man painted on this jug is supposed to be wearing black, the colour of melancholy, although for technical reasons the potter had to show it as blue. He stands with his hand on his heart and the inscription suggests that he is suffering from unrequited love.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Col. J.W.R. Parker, C.B. Purchased from Col. R.G. Parker, D.S.O., F.S.A., Browsholme, Lancashire, 1974. Exhibited: Burlington Fine Arts Club, No: D.52, Pl: XXVII. Rijksmuseum, No: 7. |
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| Summary | Object Type This jug is of entirely conventional type, having a globular body, cylindrical neck and strap handle derived from the ubiquitous imported German stoneware beer mugs. Collectors & Owners Extremely few pieces of early delftware have been traced as belonging to the gentry, other than as examples acquired later by antiquarians to furnish their country houses. This jug, however, was discovered at Browsholme, Lancashire, home of the Parker family since at least the 17th century. The house was something of a time-warp: stacks of 18th-century Chinese armorial dinner plates survived in the dining room, while weapons and buckskin riding boots from the English Civil War were found in the hall. It is possible, therefore, that the V&A is only the second owner of this jug, an object designed for display. Materials & Making Although the London delftware industry was still in its infancy in 1620, it is apparent that experienced Netherlandish potters were reproducing the sophisticated wares that they had made in their homeland. Nothing like this successful combination of contemporary print-designs, painted fruit and foliage copied from Netherlandish and Italian maiolica and a range of vivid oxide colours had been been seen in England before. |
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| Other number | C1. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.5-1974 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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