Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family
Copyright
Work in the public domain
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Photo © Courtauld
Maker
Title
Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family
Date of Production
circa 1560-1580
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 38.2 cm
Object Number
O.1966.GP.129
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Label Text
Jugs like this were known as quartoni. They were probably displayed on a sideboard with matching wares of various sizes. Noble Florentine families commissioned these large and colourful jugs painted with their coats of arms framed by cornucopias, symbols of plenty. The jug’s background is painted in the ‘porcelain style’, recalling the fashion among the rich and powerful for collecting Chinese porcelain.
Inscriptions
Inscription: S O
Decoration: arms of the Fumanti family
Decoration: arms of the Fumanti family
Provenance
Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry between 1863 and 1875
Exhibition History
The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967
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