Jug

1842
Not on view
The arcaded "Gothic" decoration is a response by the pottery industry to the ideas of the influential architect and designer Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jug
  • Artist: Charles Meigh (British, active 1835–61)
  • Date: 1842
  • Culture: British, Hanley
  • Medium: Stoneware
  • Dimensions: Height: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of E. H. Hayes, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.126
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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