Jug

Designer Christopher Dresser British, Scottish

Manufactory Linthorpe Pottery Works British

ca. 1880

Not on view

This jug shares a similar streaked blue-green glaze with another Christopher Dresser-designed vase (2015.122) in the Museum's collection.

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Title: Jug
Designer: Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse)
Manufactory: Linthorpe Pottery Works (British, 1879–1889)
Date: ca. 1880
Culture: British
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 14 1/8 × 11 3/16 × 12 3/16 in. (35.9 × 28.4 × 31 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2016
Object Number: 2016.178.10
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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