Jug with the arms of the Fumanti family

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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

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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