Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
1836
1927.59
Plaster with wash
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Luce Center
Puzzle jug
Object name
Puzzle jug
Date
1648
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 19.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description
Wheelthrown redware mug with modeled figure of a man in wide-brimmed hat astride cannon-shaped spout and four modeled figures, possibly of animals, atop tubular rim, which is banded underneath by pierced holes; body decorated with raised slip dots and impressed rosettes; lead glaze.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1951.366[dup]
Marks
impressed: on medallions: "GR"; "1648"
Gallery Label
According to accession records, this object came from a house in Kent, England. The pierced openwork of the neck necessitates drinking from one of its spouts. Puzzle jugs were commonly made in Europe, especially England, from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. This example is also called Wrothamware.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
