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On Display: House - Connecticut Valley House Entrance - South End
Jug (Puzzle jug)
1690-1710
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Arita; Japan; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2013.0039
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
2013.0039
Object Name
Jug (Puzzle jug)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Arita; Japan; Asia
Date
1690-1710
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular dealers' sticker in white, with the printed inscription"COHEN & COHEN" around a central gray brazier set against a red ground.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A white rectangular sticker bears in hand-written black ink "6247."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Drinking games or tricks
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pierced
- Painted
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Davidson, Benjamin & Biddle, Pippa. 05//2023 One Simple Trick: On the Enduring Appeal of Puzzle Jugs. Antiques. 46-48.
• Published: p. 46Book: van Dam, Jan Daniel. 2004 Delffse Porceleyne/Dutch Delftware 1620-1850.
• Later blue and white Dutch delft puzzle jug, of somewhat similar form: p. 190, fig. 140, dated 1768.