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Jug

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
MEDIUM Stoneware
  • Place Made: England
  • DATES ca. 1845
    DIMENSIONS 4 5/16 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.0 x 12.4 x 7.9 cm)
    MARKINGS no marks
    SIGNATURE not signed
    INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1994.158.14
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Gretchen Adkins
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Pitcher. Animal hunting jug in unglazed (inside glazed) buff earthenware. Tapering cylindrical body with shoulder and cylindrical neck. Modeled C-shaped handle in the form of a hound molded and applied. High relief scenes in front of hounds attacking a stag in a wooded landscape and on back of hounds attacking a boar. Above these scenes is a band of lambrequin decoration and on the neck grape vines. Condition: Good
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
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