I bought these two crizzled ewers at Fieldings last Saturday. I didn't pay the earth so if I wake up one morning to a small pile of powdered glass it won't be a catastrophe.
Fieldings described them as
"Two late 18th century, continental pedestal ewewrs, one flute moulded with applied reeded handle, the other panel cut with applied plain loop handle, heights 16cm and 18cm"
I'd like to learn more about these two rather sad jugs. Where were they made? Are they late 18th century or a little earlier?
The first one, the smaller, has this 'reeded' handle - is that the same as a strap handle? Both of them have a browny pink hue. What constituent of the metal gives this colour?
Under UV both give yellow luminescence.
The second, larger one, has a handle without any crizzling and at the bottom of the handle there is some damage where the handle has partly come off or where an old handle was before replacement with a new one. But why would someone put a new handle on such a small and relatively insignificant item? This one also has some basic glass cut paters made up in the main of rectangular and oval areas.
Where were they made? I have had little success in finding similar shaped jugs either in glass or pottery. The nearest I could come up with were Westerwald pottery jugs and the link below.
http://ancientpoint.com/imgs/a/c/c/k/y/a_matching_pair_of_early_18th_century_bohemian_cruets__cut_glass__circa_1725_1_lgw.jpgAge! i just sense they are a little older than Fielding's attribution. The pinkish colour reminds me of a piece I have from middle europe made int he very early 18th century.
Over to you - any help greatly appreciated.
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