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Objekt 7

Large helmet jug ("aiguière", water jug)

Description

Washing dishes were part of the equipment of a cultivated table until the middle of the 18th century. Servants brought the jug and basin to the guests so that they could clean their hands.

Object description

Strasbourg, manufacture Charles-François Hannong or Paul Hannong, 2nd quarter of the 18th century

Faience with blue sharp fire painting

Inv. 1928.663. bequest Rudolf Nötzlin-Werthemann, Basel.

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