Jug
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed ceramic
DATES
ca. 1845
DIMENSIONS
8 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 in. (21.0 x 17.3 x 13.7 cm)
MARKINGS
unmarked but + on bottom.
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.158.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Gretchen Adkins
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pitcher. Tapering cylindrical form with circular foot and octagonal neck. Molded glazed buff earthenware. Modeled D-shaped handle, not separately molded and applied, terminating in a scroll at thumb rest. On belly: high relief decoration on front and back of eastern scenes: man on a camel and a servant on an elephant. Under and above this is a band of repetitive stylized decoration on the bottom, then a cut-and-card pattern. The neck is decorated with arches/ swags with scrolls and acorns.
Condition: Minor chips on foot rim. Old repairs to front of foot rim. Glaze crazed. Top rim near lip on front has crack and chip.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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