Jug
- Culture
- possibly Dutch
- Culture
- possibly German
- Date
- c.1560
- Material
- Glass and silver
- made in
- Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Containers, glassware
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 124
- Dimensions
- 7 5/16 x 4 1/4 in. (18.5 x 10.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Mary Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts Fund, The Lopata Endowment Fund, and funds given by the Evelyn B. Olin Charitable Trust
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 215:1992
NOTES
This jug with ribbed body, long neck, and terraced foot is a rare example of red opaque glass. Most glass jugs of this early period are blue. In fact, this glass originally was a pale blue, but when the batch was mixed with a high percentage of copper and reheated it changed to an intense, opaque red. The quality and complexity of the jug indicate that it was probably made in the southern Netherlands or along the Rhine, where advanced glassmaking techniques and expertise in the formation of opaque red glass were known at the time. This attribution is strengthened by the form of the vessel's foot, a Germanic style seen in the southern regions of the Netherlands.
Provenance
c.1978 - 1983/1984
Keith King, Paris, France, purchased in Paris, France, from unnamed dealer [1]
1983/1984 - 1989/1990
Sheppard and Cooper, Ltd., London, England, acquired through purchase/exchange from Keith King
1989/1990 - 1992
Lord McAlpine, England, purchased from Sheppard and Cooper, Ltd. [2]
1992 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased at auction, "Continental Ceramics and Glass," Sotheby's, London, October 6, 1992, lot no. 28 [3]
Notes:
[1] Keith King confirmed that he purchased the jug in Paris from an unnamed dealer who did not provide any provenance information [email letter from Keith King to Pam Stewart, dated April 11, 2003, SLAM document files].
[2] Sheppard and Cooper Ltd., London, acquired the jug from Keith King through a purchase/exchange deal in the early 1980s, probably 1983 or 1984; Sheppard did not provide any other details about the arrangement between his firm and King, except to note that the jug and mount were together when Sheppard and Cooper acquired the piece from King [telephone conversation, Christopher Sheppard and Museum research assistant, Pam Stewart, October 21, 2003]. Sheppard confirmed the sale of the jug to Lord McAlpine and noted that a few years later, Lord McAlpine consigned the jug to Sotheby's [telephone conversation, Pam Stewart and Christopher Sheppard, August 21, 2002].
[3] Invoice, dated October 6, 1992 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, October 21, 1992.
Keith King, Paris, France, purchased in Paris, France, from unnamed dealer [1]
1983/1984 - 1989/1990
Sheppard and Cooper, Ltd., London, England, acquired through purchase/exchange from Keith King
1989/1990 - 1992
Lord McAlpine, England, purchased from Sheppard and Cooper, Ltd. [2]
1992 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased at auction, "Continental Ceramics and Glass," Sotheby's, London, October 6, 1992, lot no. 28 [3]
Notes:
[1] Keith King confirmed that he purchased the jug in Paris from an unnamed dealer who did not provide any provenance information [email letter from Keith King to Pam Stewart, dated April 11, 2003, SLAM document files].
[2] Sheppard and Cooper Ltd., London, acquired the jug from Keith King through a purchase/exchange deal in the early 1980s, probably 1983 or 1984; Sheppard did not provide any other details about the arrangement between his firm and King, except to note that the jug and mount were together when Sheppard and Cooper acquired the piece from King [telephone conversation, Christopher Sheppard and Museum research assistant, Pam Stewart, October 21, 2003]. Sheppard confirmed the sale of the jug to Lord McAlpine and noted that a few years later, Lord McAlpine consigned the jug to Sotheby's [telephone conversation, Pam Stewart and Christopher Sheppard, August 21, 2002].
[3] Invoice, dated October 6, 1992 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, October 21, 1992.
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