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Jug (Pitcher)
1680-1710
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Germany; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1968.0572
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1968.0572
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Germany; Europe
Date
1680-1710
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised "M"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular label with script handwriting: "Lambeth/ 1650/ #4010/ rare"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular label with red print: "GUITEL MONTAGUE/ 579 MADISON AVE., N.Y./ GUARANTEED GENUINE" and handwriting in black ink: "LAMBETH/ CIRCA 1650".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
11.102 (H) x 6.496 (L) x 6.189 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
28.2 (H) x 16.5 (L) x 15.72 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Bosch, Helmut. 1983 German Faience Jugs and Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries.
• German Kunersberg jug of similar form d. 1745- 48: p. 190, no. 82; blue ground Berlin vase d. ca. 1730: p. 204, no. 89Book: Bradley, James W. 2006 Before Albany: An Archaeology of Native-Dutch Relations in the Capital Region 1600-1664.
• "White faience" jug of somewhat similar form (with smaller foot) excavated in NY: p. 130, fig. 4:44a, from Iroquois 17th-century Seneca Dann site, in New York (near Albany?)