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Maiolica jug
Artist: Italian
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 1570 - 1590
Materials: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions: height: 23.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,600 (Total: £6,500)
Vendor: Bazaart
Review number: 5439 (2004)
Provenance:
American antique shop, 1997; Bazaart.
Description:
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.
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