Jug (Pitcher)

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Jug (Pitcher)

Datec. 1800–1815

Made inLeeds, England

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (lusterware)

Dimensions5 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (13.3 x 11.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.62.5

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

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.
ProvenanceErnest Burton, by May 5, 1960; [Ginsburg & Levy, New York, May 5, 1960–January 29, 1962]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1962; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History"A Present from the Staffordshire Potteries," Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston, George R. Brown Convention Center, September 23–26, 2004.

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