Jug
The neck and body of this slender, spoutless jug were wheel-turned separately. The maker combed in the horizontal grooves and lines while the vessel was on the wheel and worked the handle and the weighty pinched foot by hand. The creamy, unglazed surface is typical of medieval stoneware produced in Siegburg, near Cologne, using the abundant local clay, which is nearly white. Siegburg ceramics were widely exported to the Netherlands and British Isles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jug
- Date: late 14th–early 15th century
- Geography: Made in Siegburg, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Stoneware
- Dimensions: 10 3/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (26.4 × 9.1 × 8.7 cm)
Mouth: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Body diameter: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Other (foot diam.): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) - Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014
- Object Number: 2014.728
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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