Jug (Puzzle jug)

Quimper factory

1700-1800

Category

Ceramics

Creator (Role)

Quimper factory (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Possibly Finistere; Probably Netherlands, or France; Europe

Date

1700-1800

Subject(s)

Drinking games or tricks

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience)
Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded
Thrown
Pierced

Dimensions (inches)

6.15 (H) x 6.063 (L) x 4.006 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.62 (H) x 15.4 (L) x 10.175 (Diam)

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

Book: van Dam, Jan Daniel. 2004 Delffse Porceleyne/Dutch Delftware 1620-1850.

• Similar Dutch delft puzzle jug dated c. 1650- 1670: p. 24, no. 9, identified as Dutch

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 1962.0602, 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.

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Jug (Puzzle jug)

Quimper factory

1700-1800