Jug

Haban workshops, southern Moravia or Slovakia, ca. 1671

Painted, glazed faïence.

H: 13.5 cm

Unmarked

UMP 8232

Small melon-shaped faïence jug with a pewter lid and cobalt glaze, decoratively painted with white and yellow tendrils, flowers, and the year 1671. This jug is an example of the use of dark blue glaze in Habanware in 1650–1670, a development inspired by Delftware and supported by the mining of cobalt near the silver mines of Slovakia.