Jug
ca. 1870 (made)
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Cylindrical body slightly contracted at the neck, with loop handle. Painted with a shield charged with the arms of Canton Berne, surrounded by formal leaves in green, white with blue midrib, brown and buff.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware decorated with buff and white slips and painted in colours |
| Brief description | Red earthenware jug decorated with buff and white slips and painted in colours. Swiss (Heimberg), about 1870. |
| Physical description | Cylindrical body slightly contracted at the neck, with loop handle. Painted with a shield charged with the arms of Canton Berne, surrounded by formal leaves in green, white with blue midrib, brown and buff. |
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| Gallery label | Jug with the arms of Canton Berne, made at Heimberg, Switzerland, about 1870
C.615-1921
Given by the Royal Commissioners for the 1851 Exhibition(2010 (TAB)) |
| Credit line | Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 |
| Object history | Part of a group of objects (C.604-643) acquired from 'The Royal Commissioners for the 1851 Exhibition' (H.M.C. Loan No.70). Some of the other objects still retain information in the Registers as regards their H.M.C. loan numbers and information relating to their exhibition in the 1871 exhibition plus date of manufacture (1870). At the time of acquisition, it was recorded that this jug had been made in Heimberg and given a date of about 1871. |
| Production | Made in Heimberg. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | HMC.70 - H.M.C. Loan no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.615-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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