PAINTED JUG

Bohemia, Břehy, Graniton, Rydl & Thon, and Moravia, Telč, Lidová malírna Telč,
design František Fromek 1920s - 1930s
Large barrel-shaped jug of soft stoneware with a short narrow neck and a strap handle with thumbrest, brightly painted on a cream glaze with stylised floral and ornamental folk motifs. Graniton model no. 774, décor “Telč” F.59. H. 36 cm. With a brown brush-painted mark of the decorating workshop and pattern to the base: “T / F. 59.” Condition B. Craquelure to the glaze. Cf. J. Hořava, *Graniton. Umělecká a užitková keramika 1907–1928*, Prague 2016, p. 44.