Jug (Pitcher)

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Jug (Pitcher)
Datec. 1820–1830
Probable placeEngland
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (lusterware) with transfer print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (11.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.62.4
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThough the technique was centuries old, production of shiny, metallic lusterware began in Staffordshire near the end of the 1700s. Potters applied metallic oxides to the glazed and fired wares, and then fixed the metallic layer with another firing at a lower temperature. Platinum oxide produced silver luster; gold oxide produced gold, bronze, or copper luster effects. The luster could be applied freehand, with the use of stencils and resist patterns, and with mottled or blotchy effects.
Provenance[Winifred Williams Antiques, Sussex, England, by September 1957]; [Ginsburg & Levy, New York, September 1957–January 29, 1962]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1962; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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