Griffin Smith & Hill Etruscan Majolica Rose Jug c.1880 (American)

Height: 11.5cm (4.5inches)

The cream ground body with rose and branches, basket weave below, the lip formed as a butterfly, and a branch handle.

Molded mark for Griffen Smith and Hill

Example illustrated on a lithograph printed by Hatch Lithograph Co., New York. see 'Majolica Mania' Bard Graduate Centre, Curatorial Advisor, Nicolaus Boston Volume 3 page 58

For information of Griffin Smith & Hill Majolica see 'Majolica Mania' Bard Graduate Centre, Curatorial Advisor, Nicolaus Boston Volume 3 Pages 26-67