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Bacchanalian dance
Author
Title
Bacchanalian dance.
Production
Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1844.
Physical Description
1 jug : relief-molded tan stoneware, smear-glazed ; height 28 cm (including handle), width 22 cm (including handle), depth 16 cm
Notes
Marks applied and impressed on bottom: Royal Coat-of-Arms with registration diamond, "Sept.30. 1844, Registd. No. 21960, Charles Meigh"; and '59' and '9'.
Title from Hughes.
Summary
The jug is decorated with figures of reveling bacchanals, with a loop handle in the form of a vine stem. The decorations are based on "Bacchanalian Revel before a Herm [or Term] of Pan" by Nicholas Poussin and "Drunken Silenus" by Peter Paul Rubens.
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2019
References
Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 48
HHenrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, page 110
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Jugs (vessels)
Stoneware (pottery)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming)
Glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
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