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Jug and Cover

1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Ulrich Glassworks (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Vienna (made)

Coloured glass with painted enamel decoration and gilding. The painted enamel heads show the Kings of Poland from 550 to 1614.

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Containers
Object type
Jug and cover
Materials and techniques
Enamelled and gilt glass, with pewter mounts
Glass
Pewter
Enamelled
Gilding
Mounted
Brief description
Jug and cover, Austria (Vienna), made by Heinrich Ulrich glassworks, 1867
Physical description
Coloured glass with painted enamel decoration and gilding. The painted enamel heads show the Kings of Poland from 550 to 1614.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.5cm
Style
19TH CONT
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

This jug was purchased from the Paris 1867 Exhibition; it was described as in the 'old German style', although the heads are kings of Poland from 550 to 1614. Headed by Lobmeyr, the many Austrian and Bohemian glassworks produced a vast range of rummers, goblets, covered jars, drinking horns, and so on, some based on traditional useful wares, others, like this jug, in an approximation of Gothic or early Renaissance styles. They were usually painted in enamels with heraldry.
Object history
This jug was purchased from the Paris 1867 Exhibition; it was described as in the 'old German style', although the heads are kings of Poland from 550 to 1614.
Historical context
Headed by Lobmeyr, the many Austrian and Bohemian glassworks produced a vast range of rummers, goblets, covered jars, drinking horns, and so on, some based on traditional useful wares, others, like this jug, in an approximation of Gothic or early Renaissance styles. They were usually painted in enamels with heraldry.
Subject depicted
King
Bibliographic reference
Sc. & Art dept List of Objects Obtained during the Paris exbn., 1867, p 2, no. 256; Catalogue Expo. Univ. de 1867, Paris, vol.1 Gr. III, p.99
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
610-1869

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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