Jug and Cover

Not on display

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 created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1590/jug-and-cover-heinrich-ulrich-glassworks/

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