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Jug with scrolls, chip carving and roundels
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Jug with scrolls, chip carving and roundels

anonymous · c. 1550 - c. 1649 · turning; vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; kerven; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Stoneware jug on a high foot with a globular body and wide neck. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck, belly and foot. Partially covered in cobalt blue. The lower part of the belly with canelures. A wide band of profiles with decorative bands separates the belly from the slightly narrower shoulder. On the shoulder compartments with alternating chip-carved and stamped scrollwork under a fleur-de-lis in a heart, cut out in blue. On the neck in relief a printed and applied band with alternating round and oval medallions with a rosette. The upper side of the handle is marked with a stamped 'E'. Raeren.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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jug
Credit lineJug with scrolls, chip carving and roundels. c. 1550 - c. 1649. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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