Object Number 1962.0600

Object Name

Jug (Puzzle jug)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Quimper factory (Maker)
1690-Present

Place of Origin

Netherlands or France, Europe

Origin Notes

Formerly attributed: Origin possibly Finistere. Maker probably Fougeray at Quimper Factory.

Date

1650-1670

Subjects

Drinking games or tricks

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Pierced, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

6.063 (H) , 5.768 (L) , 4.173 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.4 (H) , 14.65 (L) , 10.6 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 11//2004 "From Punch Bowls to Puzzle Jugs: Drinking Vessels and Traditions in Britain and America". Winterthur Magazine. Winter 2004: 10-11.
• Published: p. 11
[Article] Davidson, Benjamin & Biddle, Pippa. 05//2023 One Simple Trick: On the Enduring Appeal of Puzzle Jugs. Antiques. 46-48.
• Published: p. 46
[Book] van Dam, Jan Daniel. 2004 Delffse Porceleyne/Dutch Delftware 1620-1850.
• Similar vessel and piercing with different tulip: p. 24, no. 9, c. 1650-70.
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Evidence for "puzzle jug" as period term: vol. 1, no. S91, trailed and sgraffito slipware jug inscribed "The Reveren\D / RicharD:Nelson / GrasDaLe / 1774" and "A / PuslinG / Jug" Probably Yorkshire.
[Article] Crossley, Robert. 1993 "Circulatory Systerms of Puzzle Jugs". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 15 (Pt. 1): 73-98.
• Detailed discussion of puzzle jugs of many types and materials: pp. 78-79, no. 2b, discusses an example much like 1962.0600, noting often attributed to Le Croisic in Brittany, c. 1800
[Catalogue] 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Similar jug with differences in flowerhead painting: London, Rous Lench sale, May 29-30, 1990, lot 188, attributed to Le Croisic, late 18th century.
[Book] 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
• French (Saint-Verain and Rouen) puzzle jugs: p. 190, nos. 973, 975; the Rouen example being tin-glazed and dated 1733.