Jug
1781 (dated)
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Jug with cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Pear-shaped body, spreading foot, short wide-flaring neck with small lip, moulted cover attached by a pewter hinge with shell thumbpiece to the loop handle, on either side of which, at its upper end, is a small applied spiral in relief. The Virgin holding the Chist Child are painted on the front within a panel bordered by rococo scrolls amongst which at its upper end are two peacocks and flanked by branches of conventional flowers. On the cover are similar flowers and round the neck a formal border with festoon of roses.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and moulded, and pewter |
| Brief description | Jug with cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, Rouen pottery factory, Rouen, dated 1781. |
| Physical description | Jug with cover of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Pear-shaped body, spreading foot, short wide-flaring neck with small lip, moulted cover attached by a pewter hinge with shell thumbpiece to the loop handle, on either side of which, at its upper end, is a small applied spiral in relief. The Virgin holding the Chist Child are painted on the front within a panel bordered by rococo scrolls amongst which at its upper end are two peacocks and flanked by branches of conventional flowers. On the cover are similar flowers and round the neck a formal border with festoon of roses. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr E. Bechely Ede |
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| Bibliographic reference | (note in the register) « Hedouin » is perhaps Jean Hedouin fils of the Enclos du Verd-Buisson (from 1779), see Pottier, Histoire de la faïence de Rouen, p. 196 |
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| Accession number | C.244&A-1914 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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