Pair of Relief Molded Stoneware Jugs<BR> Charles Meigh "Bacchanalian Dance" <BR> Sold November 2012; H-VIII-142315 - Products - Seekers Antiques

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Pair of Relief Molded Stoneware Jugs
Charles Meigh "Bacchanalian Dance"
Sold November 2012; H-VIII-142315

Description:	Meigh shows off his superb modelling--loaded with detail--in a design derived from paintin... Meigh shows off his superb modelling--loaded with detail--in a design derived from paintings by two Baroque masters, Poussin and Rubens. The crowded compositions are framed by heavy wine-bearing grapes, completing the tribute to Bacchus. More
Mark:	Pad Marks
Date:	Registered September 1844
Dimensions:	Height 7 in.
Condition:	Fine
Comment:	Poussin's Bacchanalian Revel hangs in London's National Gallery. Rubens' Drunken Silenus w... Poussin's Bacchanalian Revel hangs in London's National Gallery. Rubens' Drunken Silenus was destroyed in Dresden in 1945. This is one of the jug designs that argues for Meigh's status as the unsurpassed producer of molded jugs. More
Product No:	CCT78
Price:	$ 425.00 each

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