Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Silenus.

Published / Created:

Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1831.

Physical Description:

1 jug : relief-molded brown stoneware ; height 21 cm, width 18 cm (including handle), depth 14 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Parks Jug 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

The jug lacks a maker's mark. The Silenus was first manufactured by Minton in 1831. Minton's design for the jug was copied by Mason, Spode, Stephen Green, Doulton & Watts, and Continental companies. See Henrywood.

Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, see page 82

The jug is decorated on one side with a depiction of an elderly Silenus, walking, supported by two older satyrs. The other side depicts a child Silenus, riding a donkey, supported by two young satyrs.

Subject Terms:

Silenus (Mythological character) | Satyrs (Greek mythology) | Drinking of alcoholic beverages. | Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.

Form/Genre:

Jugs (vessels) | Stoneware (pottery) | Ceramic (material) | Molding (forming)

Contributors:

Minton (Company)