Maiolica jug

Italian

Ashmolean Museum

circa 1570 - 1590

The jug is modelled and moulded in the form of an elegant boot, with a siren handle at the front and a grimacing grotesque mask forming the aperture. It is painted in blue, orange and manganese. A new style of maiolica painted in a rapid, sketchy style came into fashion in Italy from the 1540s onwards, which was perfected by the workshops in Faenza.

• Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
• Dimensions: height: 23.5cm
• Grant Paid: £2600 ( Total: £6500)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Bazaart

Provenance

American antique shop, 1997; Bazaart.

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