Jug
1875 (made)
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Salt-glazed grey and blue stoneware jug with moulded decoration and patches of cobalt-blue, imitating German stonewares of around 1625 from the Westerwald. Moulded in sections and assembled. Groups of figures beneath arcades are embossed on the body, and a bearded mask on the spout.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware with moulded decoration and patches of cobalt-blue |
| Brief description | Salt-glazed stoneware jug made by Merkelbach and Wick, Grenzhausen (Germany), 1875. |
| Physical description | Salt-glazed grey and blue stoneware jug with moulded decoration and patches of cobalt-blue, imitating German stonewares of around 1625 from the Westerwald. Moulded in sections and assembled. Groups of figures beneath arcades are embossed on the body, and a bearded mask on the spout. |
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| Object history | Made near Coblenz (Germany) and purchased from Louis Ravené, a Berlin collector, dealer and maker of art enamels. These jugs imitate German stonewares from the Westerwald of around 1625, although, unlike the originals, which were thrown and decorated with applied 'sprigs', they were moulded in sections and assembled. Like electrotypes they were intended as models for art students. |
| Historical context | Over thirty similar jugs were lent to provincial museums. There was also a commercial market, 'Blue and Grey Mediaeval Art Pottery' being advertised in London in the 1870s. |
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| Accession number | 941-1875 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2000 |
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