Cobalt Blue Jug

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Cobalt Blue Jug

Place of OriginProbably Bohemia (Czech Republic)

Dateabout 1595-1600

DimensionsH. (overall): 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.); Diam. (base): 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

MediumTransparent blue glass; blown, applied, gilded, enameled; unmarked gilded silver cover

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.119

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

Label TextBohemian glassmakers of Central Europe, building on their reputation for flawless transparent glass, became renowned in the 16th century for fine cobalt blue glass tableware that rivaled the quality of Venetian soda-lime glass production. Enameling, which had gone out of fashion in Italy by the 1530s, continued to be produced north of the Alps for another century.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 105, repr. (col.).