Objekt 3
Pear-shaped jug with scattered floral decoration
Description
Many ceramic objects such as jugs and tankards were first fitted with a lid mount at the point of sale by local pewter casters.
Object description
Hanau, Hanau faience factory, early 18th century (jug) and Basel, Joseph Wick (1654-1721), early 18th century (pewter mount)
Faience with manganese-purple sharp-fire decoration on paste-blue glaze; pewter mounting
Inv. 1928.676. bequest Rudolf Nötzlin-Werthemann, Basel.