Jug
ca. 1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Jug of earthenware. Piriform body with low foot set in a silver mount, and small neck-rim edged with buff-slip. Beak shaped, open-topped spout with silver mount, set at right-angles to the plain loop handle. To the latter is anchored a hinged silver cover with shell-shaped thumb-piece and knob in the form of a monkey smoking a pipe.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with marbled lead-glaze and silver mounts |
| Brief description | Jug with silver mounts, earthenware with marbled lead-glaze, possibly Bayreuth pottery, Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1730 |
| Physical description | Jug of earthenware. Piriform body with low foot set in a silver mount, and small neck-rim edged with buff-slip. Beak shaped, open-topped spout with silver mount, set at right-angles to the plain loop handle. To the latter is anchored a hinged silver cover with shell-shaped thumb-piece and knob in the form of a monkey smoking a pipe. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Ella R. Christie |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.55-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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