About the Artwork
Pitcher
between 1843 or 1855
John Thomas and Joseph Mayer
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English
Unknown
Transfer-printed glazed earthenware
Overall: 7 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 7 inches (19.7 × 22.2 × 17.8 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. J. J. Wragovitch
21.12.1
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, bottom of jug, in underglaze transfer print blue, under image of lion and plinth: Garden Scenery | T.J. & J. Mayer/Longprty 12
Marked, bottom of jug, in underglaze, transfer print blue: [a lion with one leg raised standing on a plinth] Marked, bottom of jug, impressed, under image of lion and plinth: 5
Provenance
Mrs. J. J. Wragovitch
1921-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
John Thomas and Joseph Mayer, Pitcher, between 1843 or 1855, transfer-printed glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. J. J. Wragovitch, 21.12.1.
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