Malling jug
1550–51
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware with silver-gilt mounts
DimensionsH. 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.); Diameter (of base) 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.); W. 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number49.475
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1902, Montagu Samuel, 1st Baron Swaythling (b. 1832 - d. 1911), London; May 6-7, 1924, posthumous Swaythling sale, Christie's, London, lot 109, sold for 560 gn. 1944, William Randolph Hearst (b. 1863 - d. 1951), New York; July 28, 1944, sold by Hearst to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N6019); April 22, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 452, to the MFA for $1200. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
