Jug

This maiolica jug was made at Rome in Italy around 1606.

The jug is decorated in polychrome with a saint, possibly St Bernard of Clairvaux, holding a crozier and book within a circular cartouche edged with tongue and dart pattern. The rest of the surface is covered with a symmetrical grotesque design, winged female figures, swags and flags and two sparrows above the cartouche.

St Bernard of Clairvaux is much represented in counter-Reformation painting. As an early Doctor of the Church he may carry a book or the crook-shaped staff of a bishop or abbot. However, he is usually shown wearing the white habit of the Cisterian order.

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Online ID:	000-180-001-104-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1884.44.15
Date:	1606 Around 1606
Material:	Earthenware
Dimensions:	172 mm H x 165 mm D
What:
Subject:	Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Rome
Who:	Castellani Collection (Previous owner) St Bernard of Clairvaux (Depicted (?))
Where:	Italy, Rome
Event:
Description:	Maiolica jug decorated in polychrome with a saint in a medallion and with arabesques on white ground: Italian, Rome, 1606
References:	Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992
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