Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Meigh, Charles
Title:
Apostles jug.
Published / Created:
Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1842?
Physical Description:
1 jug : relief-molded tan stoneware ; height 24 cm (including lid), width 18 cm (including handle and lid), depth 11 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Parks Jug 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Impressed on bottom: "31".

Title from Hughes.

With metal lid.

Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 45

Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, page 108

The octagonal body is molded with ecclesiastical figures in eight Gothic niches. The angular loop handle and curved mouth and lip include designs of bearded masks and Gothic ornament.
Subject Terms:
Apostles. | Clergy. | Gothic revival (Art) | Parks, Stephen -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Jugs (vessels) | Stoneware (pottery) | Ceramic (material) | Molding (forming) | Glazed ceramic ware (visual works) | Lids (covers)