Jug
early 19th century
Medium
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
British, Sunderland
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mary Mandeville Johnston, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. S. Johnston, 1914
Accession Number
14.102.430
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming pottery jug, crafted by Phillips and Co. in, Britain, during the early th century, exemplifies the region's vibrant ceramic tradition. Standing at just 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm) tall, it belongs to the European Sculpture andative Arts collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the 1914 bequest of Mandeville Johnston from Johnston collection. Sunderland potteries like Phillips and Co. thrived amid Britain's Industrial Revolution, producing affordable, mass-manufactured earthenware for use and export. The jug's motifs of bridges and boats, captured through transfer-printing tec...