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Puzzle jug
English (Liverpool)
dated 1733
Object Place: Europe, Liverpool, England
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 26 × 14 × 17.8 cm (10 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession Number62.1219
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBulbous body, splayed foot (unglazed edge chipped), narrow high pierced and shaped neck with three spouts and handle curving to upper body. Decorated in blue with oriental type flowers (break in glaze at side). On bottom W over T E over 1733. cf. Mundy, Pl. XXIX
InscriptionsOn underside of foot, in underglaze blue: "T W E 1733"
Provenance1962, year-end gift of Lloyd E. Hawes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1962)