Jug

N. inventario: IG 273314

Jug in archaic maiolica, produced in the Padua area during the 14th century.

Audioguida Display case 2: Maiolica

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Teca Display case 2: Maiolica
Data14th century
MaterialeArchaic maiolica
MisureHeight 23.5 cm; maximum diameter 15.5 cm
Altri datiRestored with reconstruction of missing parts.

This jug, also in archaic maiolica and of Padua production of the fourteenth century, has a pear-shaped body with an expanded foot and flat base, a wide strap handle, and a trilobed mouth. The body is decorated with horizontal bands containing alternating vertical and horizontal parallel segments; on the sides of the handle, painted with horizontal segments, a sequence of vertical bands appears. The colours used are green and purple. The dimensions are: height twenty-three point five centimetres and maximum diameter fifteen point five centimetres. This specimen is also restored with integration of the form.

Provincia di Padova