JUG WITH A MADONNA

Italy, Urbania (Casteldurante), Bernardino Mordioni manufactory, 2nd half of the 18th century
A faience jug with a globular body on a low foot, trilobate neck with a beak-shaped spout, short strap handle; on the white glaze painted in high-fire colours: on the front in a cartouche the Immaculate Conception, around it floral ornaments. H. 17 cm. Unmarked. Condition restored. Glued. Provenance: from the collection of PhDr. Miroslav Boček (1915–2005).