Stoneware-drinking Jug

Material: [Ceramic](shorturl.at/czMVZ); [Pottery; ](http://shorturl.at/afMTY)[Stoneware;](http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=Stoneware&logic=AND&note=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300010672) Metal; [silver](http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=silver&logic=AND&note=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300242137). Accession [No: MG 078](http://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/b6296033-da56-3bc6-ba3c-7c93ef052f53/?s%3Dmg+078&pos=2). Current Location: [The Hunt Museum, Limerick.](http://www.huntmuseum.com) A stoneware jug with silver mounts on the handle, rim and a silver lid. This ware is known as tigerware due to the mottled surface. The mounts are decorated with scrolled floral decoration. The lid is decorated with a large flower, the petals arranged around a central knop. The letters WE are engraved on the knop. Between the lid and the hinge there is a fish or dolphin. The jug is German, Cologne, and the mounts are possibly English. 16th century AD Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab