Jug
1903 (made)
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Jug of salt glazed stoneware by Peter Behrens. It has a low bulbous body with long cylindrical neck, small foot, and long straight handle. It is thrown and is a stylised and chiefly linear design, with incides and painted blue decoration.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, salt-glazed, painted, incised, thrown |
| Brief description | Jug by Peter Behrens; stoneware; Westerwald, Germany; 1903. |
| Physical description | Jug of salt glazed stoneware by Peter Behrens. It has a low bulbous body with long cylindrical neck, small foot, and long straight handle. It is thrown and is a stylised and chiefly linear design, with incides and painted blue decoration. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Note See object record for diagram of incised mark painted in blue underneath |
| Object history | Lent to the exhibition 'Art Nouveau 1890-1914', at the V&A (6.04.2000 to 30.07.2000) & Metropolitan Museum, Japan (21.04.2001 to 8.07.2001). This object was also issued with a lid, this is missing pewter lid. cf. Sotheby's 27/3/97 lot 138, also Chrisitie's 13/11/93 lot 271. |
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| Accession number | C.88-1997 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2003 |
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