Nineveh

Ridgway & Abington and Ridgway & Abingtonca. 1851

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Jug with spreading foot and twisted handle in the form of a snake. Molded relief decoration showing Assyrian lamassu. Cuneiform below lip. Metal lid with floral knob.

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Title: Nineveh
Creator: Ridgway & Abington, Ridgway & Abington
Date Created: ca. 1851
Location Created: England
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/195721
Medium: Molded stoneware, metal (lid)
Credit line: Gift of David A. Gallager

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Clay England Iraq Metal Nineveh Governorate Rock Stoneware United Kingdom