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jug

Object NameJug
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1601-1700
Place Madeprobably Central Germany
Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, trailed
SizeH: 14.7 cm, D: 9.8 cm, W(incl handle): 10.1 cm
Accession Number89.3.10
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent dark blue-green non-lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, trailed. Globular body with cylindrical neck decorated with an all-over "checkered-diamond" pattern (repeated pattern of four small diamond-shaped cells within a larger cell); applied loop handle, with small pincered thumbrest at the top, and folded attachment at the bottom; disk foot formed of threading trailed on a rigaree thread at the base of the body; rough ring-shaped pontil mark.
Provenance
Source W. Bastiaan Blok - 1989-01-31
Endeavor
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about 800-899
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1400-1085 BCE
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