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Jug (Pitcher)
1727-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Westerwald; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1974.0035
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas A. Gray
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Object Number
1974.0035
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Westerwald; Germany; Europe
Date
1727-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Side of jug- mid-height
Inscription: Incised "6"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Monarchs and nobility
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pulled
- Incised
- Turned
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.299 (H) x 5.276 (L) x 4.488 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16 (H) x 13.4 (L) x 11.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Discussion of "GR" Westerwald jugs and mugs: pp. 108-109, figs. V.20-V.23Catalogue: Hinton, Jack. 2012 The Art of German Stoneware from the Charles W. Nichols Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Westerwald jugs and mug with "GR" and varied ornamental motifs: p. 47, pl. 32, cobal and (one) manganese decoration.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 1969 Archaeology and Wetherburn's Tavern.
• Cylindrical "GR" mug excavated at Wetherburn's Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia: p. 29, fig. 17Book: Shannon, Timothy J & Gellman, David N. 2014 American Odysseys: A History of Colonial North America. 400.