Title
Wine Jug
Creator
Made in Arita, Japan
Date
1670-1675
Label
#204
Wine Jug
Made in Arita, Japan, 1670-1675
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2012.12.1
This jug is among the earliest examples of export porcelain decorated with a Dutch coat of arms.
The arms are of the Geelvinck family of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The arms contain a pun on the family name; "Geelvinck" means "yellow finch," and there are two birds on the shield and a bird as a crest, all almost certainly meant to represent finches.
Jugs like this were used for serving wine. While glass wine bottles became more common over the course of the 1600s, most wine still would have been bought in barrels and decanted into jugs for serving.
This object is on display in the Japanese Export Gallery in the Reeves.
Wine Jug
Made in Arita, Japan, 1670-1675
Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2012.12.1
This jug is among the earliest examples of export porcelain decorated with a Dutch coat of arms.
The arms are of the Geelvinck family of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The arms contain a pun on the family name; "Geelvinck" means "yellow finch," and there are two birds on the shield and a bird as a crest, all almost certainly meant to represent finches.
Jugs like this were used for serving wine. While glass wine bottles became more common over the course of the 1600s, most wine still would have been bought in barrels and decanted into jugs for serving.
This object is on display in the Japanese Export Gallery in the Reeves.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
Citation
Made in Arita, Japan, “Wine Jug,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/289.