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Owl jug (© Potteries Museum and Art Gallery)
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© Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

Owl jug

Artist: Staffordshire Pottery

Location: Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

Date: 1690 - 1700

Materials: slipware

Dimensions: 18 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £6,000 (Total: £22,101)

Vendor: Phillips

Review number: 3613 (1991)

Provenance:
Phillips 7/3/90, lot 217.

Description:
Owl jug & cover. Made in two parts and then decorated with hand-modelled details. Decoration achieved by laying on a coat of slip on which lines of contrasting colours are slip-trailed. These lines are mingled together after the manner of marbling paper (feathering).

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