A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
A bronze-colored jug.
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Unknown Maker, English

Jug

Maker

Unknown Maker, English

Culture

English

Title

Jug

Year

ca. 1780

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

clay products

Geography

Place Made: Staffordshire

Dimensions

10.8 cm (4 1/4 inches) (height)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the estate of Amey A. Lillibridge

Object Number

45.002.83

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Costly silver objects, like the teapot in the center, were often copied in form and finish in the less expensive medium of ceramics, as seen in the teapot on the left. The ceramic three-piece tea service on the left fools the eye, gaining its shine not from metal but from a luster glaze containing metallic oxides.

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, English
Jug, ca. 1780
Earthenware with copper-luster glaze
10.8 cm (4 1/4 inches) (height)
Gift of the estate of Amey A. Lillibridge 45.002.83

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