Jug

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Jug

Entry/Object ID

PM.64.9

Description

Commemorative salt-glazed stoneware handled jug with cover; hinged domed silver lid chased with border of fantastic flowers (like those decorating body) and engraved with shield, shell-form thumbpiece; C-shaped strap handle from neck to shoulder; short round neck with horizontal reeding, two reeds picked out in cobalt blue; globular body with molded oval medallion opposite handle enclosing bust-length portraits of a crowned man and woman flanking an angel blowing a trumpet below a crown with flowering vines on both sides with a Dutch inscription (VI SONS HOLLANS SO TU EN SOO) and "1691" below; applied fantastic flowers with cobalt blue centers on scrolling incised stems against manganese purple ground on remainder of body; low foot ring with single cobalt blue cordon.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Artist

Hyam Hyams

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1691

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

On rim of cover: lion, leopard head, G, queen's head, H.H. On jug, on both sides, Dutch inscription (VI SONS HOLLANS SO TU EN SOO) and "1691"

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

PCR 3063

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Diameter

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21 x 14 x 16.5 cm)

Material

Salt-glazed stoneware, silver

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition noted for Winter Antiques Show: rough chip (pre-firing) out of handle; small chip on rim near handle; tiny hole in flower on lid.

Notes

Remarks: Cracks where handle is attached at top and bottom; cracks throughout round molded side design; silver tarnished.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

King William III

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Queen Mary II

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

History: This jug may have been made to commemorate the return of William III to Holland in 1691, to orchestrate a congress of powers allied against France. One year after his victory in the Battle of the Boyne, this was perhaps the zenith of William's popularity in England. The jug, with its royal portraits of William and Mary, was made in Germany, center of molded stoneware production, for the English market. In the 1840's, Hyam Hyams, a London goldsmith, added the silver lid. (The date mark is 1842-1843; the maker's mark 1846-1847.) Arlene Palmer, Curator of Glass and Ceramics, Winterthur Museum, states William and Mary jugs do have a history of use in America (8/21/1978).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Upper Kitchen