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On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Jug

ca. 1675-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rössler, Wolfgang (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Nuremberg (decorated)
Hanau (made)

Pear-shaped body, wide neck, scroll handle, with pewter mounts, lid, thumb-piece and foot-ring. In a landscape with trees in the foreground and middle distance, and a distant mountain to the right of the principal group, the Virgin is depicted, seated, clad in full-fashioned garments, the Child lying on her knees reaching upwards with his right hand. To the right, St. John is standing, holding a lamb. Behind him a small cross with a serpent.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Faience
Earthenware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in black
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Brief description
Tankard of earthenware covered with a tin glaze, painted in black (Schwarzlot) and mounted in pewter. Painted by Wolfgang Rössler in Nuremberg. German, probably made at Hanau, about 1675-80.
Physical description
Pear-shaped body, wide neck, scroll handle, with pewter mounts, lid, thumb-piece and foot-ring. In a landscape with trees in the foreground and middle distance, and a distant mountain to the right of the principal group, the Virgin is depicted, seated, clad in full-fashioned garments, the Child lying on her knees reaching upwards with his right hand. To the right, St. John is standing, holding a lamb. Behind him a small cross with a serpent.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 7 1/2in
  • Taken from register diameter: 4 1/4in
Marks and inscriptions
'W.R' (Painted in black below the handle)
Translation
for Wolfgang Rössler
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Jug depicting Virgin & Child with St. John the Baptist
Painted by Wolf Rössler, Nuremberg, Germany about 1690
Mark: 'W.R', painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.327-1926 Croft-Lyons Bequest
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons FSA
Object history
Originally thought to be just German, mid 18th century.
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Virgin and Child
St. John the Baptist
Bibliographic references
  • The Burlington Magazine, vol.48 (1926)
  • Schwarze, Wolfgang, Alte Deutsche Fayence-Krüge, 1980
  • Bosch, Helmut. Die Nürnberger hausmaler. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich, 1984. Catalogue number 216, illustrated, 285p. For biographical information about Rössler, see pp. 275-277.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.327-1926

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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