Cobalt Blue Jug
Cobalt Blue Jug
Place of OriginProbably Bohemia
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
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Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 105, repr. (col.).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.- Glass
Mid-16th century
12th-14th century ?
Late 15th- Early 16th century
Late 15th century
Mamluk Period, (1250-1517)
Mamluk period, (1250-1517)
about 1340
about 1650
about 1475-1500
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