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Jug (pilgrim flask) with a coat of arms
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Jug (pilgrim flask) with a coat of arms

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1699 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); slibtechniek; fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; engobe; wood (plant material)

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

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Jug (pilgrim flask) of stoneware on a high foot with a globular body, oval in side view, and with a narrow neck. Part of the neck is missing. On the sides of the belly four small, C-shaped ears. Covered with a brown engobe. The front with concentric profiles with in the center in relief a printed and applied coat of arms surrounded by leafy vines. The outer circle is divided into four compartments with in each a modeled lion's head. The other side with a square with a quatrefoil in a medallion in the center, surrounded by small circles and heart shapes. A wooden stop replacing the neck. Bouffioulx.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJug (pilgrim flask) with a coat of arms. c. 1600 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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