FOLK JUG WITH ARCHITECTURE

West Slovakia, Sobotiště, around 1830
Pear-shaped faience jug with a wide mouth and pulled handle, white-glazed and painted in manganese. The front with two chinoiserie architectural motifs placed one above the other, each with a tall tower and smoking chimneys, flanked by small sprigs; the neck with a manganese wavy line. Cf. H. Dvořáková, V. Scheufler, Katalog keramiky ze sbírky muzea v Kloboukách u Brna, MZM Brno 1988, pp. 39 and 42, no. 447. H. 26 cm. Marked “Klesl”, “JJ”, and with an old inventory label “338.” Condition restored. Neck glued; hairlines; crazing; wear.