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

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

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