Minton (Company), Silenus, ca. 1831
- Title(s):
- Silenus.
- Published/Created:
- Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1831.
- Physical Description:
- 1 jug : relief-molded gray stoneware ; height 24 cm (including handle), width 22 cm (including handle), depth 17 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsParks Jug 11Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16985486
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 37
Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, page 82
The jug is decorated on one side with a depiction of an elderly Silenus, walking, supported by two older satyrs. The other side depicts a child Silenus, riding a donkey, supported by two young satyrs. - Subject Terms:
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages.Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.Satyrs (Greek mythology)Silenus (Mythological character)
- Form/Genre:
- Jugs (vessels)
Stoneware (pottery)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming) - Export:
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