Jug
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The unusual imagery on this jug of coiling snakes, frogs, and turtles intended to suggest the nightmarish delirium brought on by alcohol abuse. Such vessels are illustrative of the temperance movement in the United States in the nineteenth century—which was second only to slavery as a burning social issue. The best known of these vessels were produced by Warren V. Kirkpatrick at the Anna Pottery in Illinois and probably influenced the potter of jug.
Caption
American. Jug, 1860–1880. Earthenware, Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm) Diameter of base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arthur W. Clement, 44.1.20a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.1.20a-b_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Culture
Title
Jug
Date
1860–1880
Geography
Possible place made: Ohio, United States
Medium
Earthenware
Classification
Dimensions
Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm) Diameter of base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Markings
Unmarked
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Accession Number
44.1.20a-b
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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