Jug
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed ceramic
DATES
ca. 1845
DIMENSIONS
5 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 4 18 in. (14 x 14.6 x 0 cm)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.158.11
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Gretchen Adkins
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pitcher. Jug in glazed buff earthenware, pear-shaped. Molded C-shaped handle, separately molded and applied. Molded high relief scenes on front of three putti standing, sitting and lying in a landscape and on back 2 putti in landscape. Below this is a band of geometric decoration and above this is a band of grape vines.
Condition: Bottom: repaired; one crack goes up to the belly; one piece has been repaired at rim. Chips inside rim; chip and crack outside of rim. Bottom handle chipped; crack near handle. Holes that previously served for hinges of metal lid (now missing) have been filled.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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