Jug

Staffordshire

Early 18th century

  • Titles Jug (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium earthenware
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.285.1998
  • Work Type jug
  • Classification Containers

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Goblet-shaped vase on round foot of white jasperware with yellow jasper dip and applied light blue jasper relief decoration, the molded foot with applied stiff leaf motifs, the lower body engine turned to create yellow and white stripes, with applied blue bell flowers on the yellow stripes, the main body with an applied light blue arabesque of scrolling foliage and flowers against the yellow ground.
Erato, Muse of Song, Dance, and Amorous Poetry, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Large creamware mug made to commemorate the American Bicentennial in 1976, the main body decorated at the top with a band of large gold stars and at the bottom with two bands of smaller stars, in the center are two American flags waving in the wind on either side of a black American eagle with outstretched wings highlighted in gold, on one side the "Betsy Ross" flag with a gold banner below with the date 1776, and on the other a modern American flag with a banner and the date 1976, the loop handle and rim of the mug highlighted in gold.
Tall vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief of urn shape on a square plinth with truncated corners and decorated with stiff leaf motifs all around, the round foot engine-turned and with a band of white beading, the lower body with white stiff leaf motifs and the upper body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series, including women and children in conversation and at play with a dog and birds in a landscape with trees, around the shoulder a band of white jasper overlapping laurel leaves and berries, the two twisted handles terminate in lion masks, the neck is engine-turned and has a band of white beading below the lip, the cover is a wood replacement.