Jug
On display
Pottery jug, fritware body painted with flowers in green, blue, red and purple-black. Silver-gilt mounts and hinged cover, the thumbpiece formed as a siren; the finial in the form of a simple covered cup.
Details
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Title
Jug
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Associated place
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Date
1607 - 1608 -
Material and technique
silver, pottery
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Object type
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Dimensions
25.5 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.165
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Glossary of terms
fritware
Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
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