Jug
Description
Jug; slightly indented base (diam. 8.5 cm), cylindrical body, straight sides, flat, broad shoulder, short neck, rolled lip, one wide ribbon handle. Intact; bands of dirt accretions and slight iridescence. Sticker on base with illegible writing.
Dimensions
H. 17 x Rim diam. 4.8 x W. 10.1 cm (6 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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