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Water Jug

Water Jug

 
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Object Name: 
Water Jug
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Maker(s)
W. H., B. & J. Richardson, Maker
Redgrave, Richard, Maker
Place Made: 
England, Wordsley
Date: 
about 1850
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Blown, Tooled, Applied, Enameled
AAT
tooling
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.2 cm, W: 15.3 cm, Diam: 13.5 cm
Accession Number: 
97.2.18
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, enameled. Slightly ovoid body decorated with enameled water lilies tapers to flaring cylindrical neck with flaring rim pinched two times at handle join; conical foot. Transfer printed registration mark.
Label Text
At about the time this jug was made, England was fascinated by the deep cutting of glass, which prompted the art critic John Ruskin to remark that "all cut glass is barbarous" (Stones of Venice, 1853). The jug was made solely by blowing and enameling, and the water lilies give a sense of freshness to the water that it contains. They also represent a fresh start in glass design of the period, when naturalistic designs came into fashion.
Inscription
RICHARDSON'S VITI Transfer above diamond registration mark printed mark

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Publications

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 33, #37, bottom left; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 40 (1998) illustrated, pp. 150-151, #24;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1997 (1998) illustrated, pp. 8; 10, right;
British Decorative Arts (Sale #7759) (1997-10-17) Lot 277 / 1;

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