Water Jug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
notes: label: Description
content: Hanging lidded water jug with internal spout or 'biberon', engraved with four scenes from the life of Jesus Christ: the Visitation of Mary by the Angel Gabriel, the Nativity, the Crufixion and the Resurrection; all in circular reserves enclosed by wriggled and pricked strapwork topped by alternating clusters of fruit and five-petaled flowers. Inverted baluster-shaped body with gadrooned base and open-mouthed lion's mask for spout; wrought bail handle loops around winged cherubs' heads and hangs from a swivel hook and ring. Double-domed, gadrooned lid with conical knop is stamped with two running bands of scallops and dots; five-knuckle hinge and ridged extension pricked with the letters "H" and "A". Bottom underside with effaced mark of a pointed shield, divided diagonally with foliate scroll at upper right and horizontal ribbing at lower left; appears to be overstruck on an undecipherable, circular, bead-bordered mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Allen J. Klein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0009
label: catalog number
content: 62.0009
label: accession number
content: 236783
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jug, water
label: Object Name
content: jug, water, hanging
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 18.7325 cm x 13.335 cm