Jug
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Cream and brown stoneware
DATES
ca. 1850
DIMENSIONS
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 x 8.6 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
Possible illegible impressed mark on base near rim
ACCESSION NUMBER
2000.126.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Gretchen Adkins
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Small commemorative stoneware cream colored jug with brown glaze dripping from top, hexagonal form, featuring two portrait busts to either side of a male sitter in military dress and female sitter in formal contemporary dress, surrounded with decorative panels of stylized foliage, molded and applied C shape handle with vegetal motifs.
Condition: very good.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Jug, ca. 1850. Cream and brown stoneware, 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 13.7 x 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Gretchen Adkins, 2000.126.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2000.126.8_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
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