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Jug

Decorator Decoration after a design by Sebald Beham German
ca. 1590–1600
Not on view
This stoneware was produced on speculation for a middle-market clientele. Though handmade, its decoration was quick work, pressed on with reusable molds based on designs lifted from prints. Siegburg potters developed a reputation for interesting forms and the latest styles rendered in a distinctive gray-white glaze; higher end pieces (like a related Siegburg stoneware ewer, 17.190.2058) boasted silver rather than pewter mounts. They were able to reach a huge market by distributing their work via trading posts controlled by the Hanseatic League, a powerful federation of merchant guilds and their market towns that included Lübeck, Cologne, London, Bruges, and later Antwerp and, to the north, Riga and Tallinn.

[Elizabeth Cleland, 2017]

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jug
  • Decorator: Decoration after a design by Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt)
  • Date: ca. 1590–1600
  • Culture: German, Siegburg
  • Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware; pewter lid
  • Dimensions: Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
  • Object Number: 11.93.5
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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