1 jug : tan stoneware, relief-molded, with metal lid ; height 20 cm (including lid), width 10 cm (including handle), depth 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
The jug is decorated on both sides with a scene based on a painting by John Singleton Copley, Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House, 1780. Beneath the spout on the front of the jug is a single figure with turban and breastplate carrying a smoking incense burner.
Subject Terms:
Samuel (Biblical judge) | Eli (Biblical figure) | Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.