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Jug
(Baroque Europe )
A jug such as this with a flat spherical shape set on a hollow pedestal base like a drinking flask may be called in German a "Flachkrug," (flat jug). The cobalt blue glaze--an innovation of the Raeren workshops in the 1540s--brings out the distinctive incised pattern of foliage linked by the stems, also characteristic of Raeren. The petaled flower or star motif was very popular for round vessels.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Slyke [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by gift.
Geographies
Belgium, Raeren (Place of Origin)
Measurements
13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. van Slyke, Jr., 1956
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2088