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A BWM Majolica Jug Depicting 'The Fox and the Grapers' Aesop's Fable, ca. 1876

About the Item

T.C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. Majolica Jug Depicting 'The Fox and the Grapes from Aesop's Fables, with a molded and applied fox to each side and glazed in deep cobalt blue, the top portion with yellow trellis-work laden with colorfully glazed grapes and vines on a turquoise ground, with turquoise interior, the reverse glazed in turquoise with molded British Registry Diamond for March 14, 1876 and painted design number 341 T. Book Photo Reference: Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 220 FIG. 17.20
  • Creator:
    Brown-Westhead & Moore (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.88 in (22.56 cm)Width: 5.63 in (14.31 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
  • Style:
    Victorian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Majolica,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1876
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. In Excellent Antique Condition.
  • Seller Location:
    Banner Elk, NC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: MINywNEYT1stDibs: LU1302239335862
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