Samuel Alcock & Co, Cain and Abel, ca. 1850
- Title(s):
- Cain and Abel.
- Published/Created:
- Cobridge, England, ca. 1850.
- Physical Description:
- 1 jug : relief-molded white and blue parian ; height 22 cm (including handle), width 13 cm (including handle), depth 12 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsParks Jug 37Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14626256
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- The bottom bears the printed mark of Samuel Alcock & Co., with the number '247'.
Without a metal lid.
Title and date from Hughes's Collector's guide.
Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 89
One side of the jug depicts Cain's murder of his brother Abel; the other Abel's parents grieving over his body. - Subject Terms:
- Abel (Biblical figure)Cain (Biblical figure)Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.
- Form/Genre:
- Jugs (vessels)
Parian (porcelain, material)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming) - Export:
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