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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Pear-shaped with a wide neck (without lip spout) and a loop handle. Painted in manganese, bluish green and yellow with a woman standing between two trees and holding a bundle on her head. At the top and bottom are borders of cresting in blue and the handle is barred with feathery scrolls above its lower termination. Pewter cover, slightly domed, and with a thumb-piece.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours and pewter
Brief description
Jug of buff earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. With attached pewter lid. Austrian, Gmunden, about 1750-70.
Physical description
Jug of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Pear-shaped with a wide neck (without lip spout) and a loop handle. Painted in manganese, bluish green and yellow with a woman standing between two trees and holding a bundle on her head. At the top and bottom are borders of cresting in blue and the handle is barred with feathery scrolls above its lower termination. Pewter cover, slightly domed, and with a thumb-piece.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.4cm
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'F.W.P.' (Engraved on the thumb-piece)
Credit line
Given by Mr W. Ridout, Esq.
Object history
Given by W. Ridout.
Historical context
Note in Register: (Bernard Rackham, 19 Jan 1931) Stated by Prof. K. Csanyi, Budapesth Museum, to be Gmunden faience. See note on C.441-1927..
Note in Register: (July 1979) Prof. F.H. Konig attributes to Gmunden 1750-1770.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.442-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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