Date & Origin
Holland, c1935. Period of Wilhelmina.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown. The gilding has been rubbed from use.
Dimensions
Height: 25.4cm Diameter: 16.5cm.
Weight
535 grams
Technical Description
20th century renaissance revival gilt Dutch jug. The neck features an applied rigaree collar and two applied handles. The body has further applied pinched rigaree over wrythen ribbed bands with wonderful gilding between.
Historical Relevance
Hand-blown around the time the physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment 'Schrödinger's cat', a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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