Jug
second half of 17th century (made)
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Jug of brown earthenware, covered with a dark blue glaze, mottled with white. Ovoid body, wide expanding mouth, pinched in in front to form a lip, twisted loop handle.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Jug of brown earthenware, covered with a dark blue glaze, mottled with white, Nevers, second half of 17th century |
| Physical description | Jug of brown earthenware, covered with a dark blue glaze, mottled with white. Ovoid body, wide expanding mouth, pinched in in front to form a lip, twisted loop handle. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | This type of spattered white enamel decoration, used from about 1660-1700, is known as à la bougie at Nevers as it resembles patches of spilt candle wax. See Rosen below. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rosen, Jean. La faience de Nevers 1585-1900, Editions Faton, Dijon, 2009, Volume 2, 43p and pp. 286-289 |
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| Accession number | 4745-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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