Jug
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
confirmed: 8 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 8 7/16 in., 3 lb. (20.6 × 21.4 × 21.4 cm, 1.4 kg)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
British, Middlesbrough
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 2015
Accession Number
2015.123
Art Historical Context
This elegant earthenware jug, crafted around 1880 by pioneering British designer Christopher Dresser for Linthorpe Pottery Works in Middlesbrough, exemplifies the innovative spirit of late Victorian decorative arts. Dresser, a leader in the Aesthetic Movement, to bring artistic beauty into everyday life through affordable, mass-produced objects. Linthorpe Pottery, which he art-directed starting in 1879, became renowned for its bold, experimental ceramics that blended industrial efficiency with avant-garde design influences, often drawing from Japanese aesthetics and geometric simplicity. Meas...
About the Artist
Christopher Dresser|Linthorpe Pottery Works · 1834–1904
Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) was one of the most innovative and prolific designers of the nineteenth century, widely regarded as a pioneer of industrial design long before that discipline had a name. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he trained at the Government School of Design in London, where he studied under leading educators committed to improving the quality of British manufactured goods. He wen...