baluster jug

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Object Type
Museum number: 1981,1002.9
Description: Jug; brown and cobalt salt-glazed stoneware baluster jug; pewter mounted domed lid and base mount; neck and body: applied moulded decoration, neck: ornamental frieze with strapwork, with oval medallions with two female face-masks and grotesque lion-mask; body frieze with arcaded panels with full length figures of the Muses, with their inscribed names; on shoulder and lower section: rectangular vertical fluting; inscribed.
Producer name
Production date: 1584
Production place: Made in: Raeren (Liège)
Materials: stoneware; pewter
Ware
Technique: salt-glazed; applied; moulded
Dimensions: Diameter: 85 millimetres (base); Diameter: 65 millimetres (rim); Height: 220 millimetres (jug); Height: 270 millimetres (with lid)
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects: heraldry; mammal; grotesque; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Melpomene; Named in inscription & portrayed: Thalia; Named in inscription & portrayed: Euterpe; Named in inscription & portrayed: Terpsichore; Named in inscription & portrayed: Clio; Named in inscription & portrayed: Polyhymnia; Named in inscription & portrayed: Calliope
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1981
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1981,1002.9
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 342 (Thomas Collection number)

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