Jug
1903 (made)
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A globular stoneware jug, with a salt-glaze, a grey-blue ground with a repeating lozenge pattern in dark blue. With a hinged pewter lid, chamfered with a prominent thumb rest.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware |
| Brief description | Jug by R.Riemerschmid; stoneware; Hohr-Grenzhausen, Westerwald, Germany; 1903. |
| Physical description | A globular stoneware jug, with a salt-glaze, a grey-blue ground with a repeating lozenge pattern in dark blue. With a hinged pewter lid, chamfered with a prominent thumb rest. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '1769 S' (Impressed) |
| Gallery label | Products for a new industrial age
In the early 1900s, designers and industry strived to create affordable, machine-made goods in larger quantities than ever before. In line with this approach, German designer Richard Riemerschmid created the beechwood chair and stoneware jug seen here. The chair was hand assembled using simple machine-cut parts. The jug, with its rounded form and blue lozenge pattern, made use of an existing lid design which was already in use at ceramic manufacturer Reinhold Merkelbach. This helped to reduce manufacturing complexity and cut production time and costs.
Machine-cut timber chair
About 1904–06
Designed by Richard Riemerschmid
Made by the Deutsche Werkstätten, Germany
Beech frame and caned seat
Museum no. W.34-1984
Blue and grey lidded jug
1903
Designed by Richard Riemerschmid
Manufactured by Reinhold Merkelbach, Germany
Hand-painted salt-glazed stoneware with pewter lid
Museum no. C.32-1990
The object sits in the 'Automation and Labour' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021(2021) |
| Production | The lid is also designed by Riemerschmid, in contast to others in this series which were standard Merkelbach production. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
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| Accession number | C.32-1990 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2003 |
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