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What-is-it question CXXVIII.

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:34 pm
by 2209patrick
This jug has 16th century British silver-gilt mounts ( the base ring, the lip ring and the hinged lid ).
It is 10.25 inches ( 26.1 cm.) tall.
The name for this jug refers to the Turkish pottery that it is made of.

What is this jug called ?

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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:30 pm
by 2209patrick
This is Turkish Iznik ( or Isnik ) pottery, but that is not the name given to this jug.
Fragments of such Iznik pottery were excavated at Lindos, on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the 19th century and it was mistakenly believed that this pottery was made there.

The first jug resides in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:00 pm
by 2209patrick
It is called a Rhodian jug.

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