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Accession # 2010.28.1
Artist Tove Johansen
Title Jug
Date 1952
Medium Glazed earthenware
Dimensions 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18 x 12 cm)
Marks Underside, impressed in a rectangle: " ENC/RA"; in paint: "1"
Credit Line Gift of Frida Johansen in memory of Tove Johansen
Location Visible Storage: Case 19, Shelf N (Pewter)
Description Tall earthenware jug in cream glaze with hand painted decoration of three female figures in peasant dress. Tall jug with wide open spout with thick green band at rim, slight vertical ripple molding to main body, main body decorated from rim to base, with thick black outlines of three women in peasant dress with hats, women and their clothing highlighted with dark green, yellow and black. Long curved ear shaped handle with green and orange diaper pattern along handle; small, narrow circular base with decoration of thick repeating, alternating, vertical black and yellow lines. Condition: Repaired crack from rim to midpoint on one side.