Large jug with the Fumanti family coat of arms
Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family of Florence
Maker
1500-1599
Title
Large jug with the Fumanti family coat of arms
Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family of Florence
Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family of Florence
Date of Production
c. 1560
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 38.2 cm
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.129
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry between 1863 and 1875
Inscriptions
Inscription: S O
Decoration: arms of the Fumanti family
Decoration: arms of the Fumanti family
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