GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In the 1830s, English architect and critic A. W. N. Pugin promoted a return to the art of the Middle Ages, particularly the Gothic style of 13th-century France and England. Charles Meigh Pottery, which mass-produced earthenware, stoneware, parianware, and porcelain, specialized in the Gothic Revival style in the 1840s. One of its most iconic products, the "Apostle" jug is relief molded with eight architectural niches occupied by eight ecclesiastical figures, including three holding books or scrolls believed to be apostles. Grotesque masks on the handle and relief ornamentation on the lip and the foot inspired by Gothic architecture complete the design.
Drawn from
- Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label copy, 2004.
- Gordon Campbell, ed., The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, Volume 1 (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2006), 93.
NOTES
Kevin - Should Apostle be italicized or in quotations or neither?
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 329.
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Until 1986: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1986: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
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- V&A~While the Dallas Museum of Art's example is unmarked, an example of the "Apostle" jug at the V&A is marked with an applied and impressed registration mark featuring the royal coat-of-arms and a cartouche with the inscription "Registered March 15, 1842 by Chales Meigh Hanley." This mark indicates that Charles Meigh registered the design at the Design Registry in order to protect it from counterfeit. View the mark on the V&A example.
- High Museum of Art~New York silversmith Zalmon Bostwick produced a silver pitcher based directly on the "Apostle" jug circa 1845. View the High Museum of Art's example of Bostwick's design.
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General Description
In the 1830s, English architect and critic A. W. N. Pugin promoted a return to the art of the Middle Ages, particularly the Gothic style of 13th-century France and England. Charles Meigh Pottery, which mass-produced earthenware, stoneware, parianware, and porcelain, specialized in the Gothic Revival style in the 1840s. One of its most iconic products, the "Apostle" jug is relief molded with eight architectural niches occupied by eight ecclesiastical figures, including three holding books or scrolls believed to be apostles. Grotesque masks on the handle and relief ornamentation on the lip and the foot inspired by Gothic architecture complete the design.
Drawn from
- Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label copy, 2004.
- Gordon Campbell, ed., The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, Volume 1 (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2006), 93.
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- V&A~While the Dallas Museum of Art's example is unmarked, an example of the "Apostle" jug at the V&A is marked with an applied and impressed registration mark featuring the royal coat-of-arms and a cartouche with the inscription "Registered March 15, 1842 by Chales Meigh Hanley." This mark indicates that Charles Meigh registered the design at the Design Registry in order to protect it from counterfeit. View the mark on the V&A example.
- High Museum of Art~New York silversmith Zalmon Bostwick produced a silver pitcher based directly on the "Apostle" jug circa 1845. View the High Museum of Art's example of Bostwick's design.
Notes
Kevin - Should Apostle be italicized or in quotations or neither?
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 329.
HAB cleaned up and rerouted 8/28/17
Catalogue essays
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Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
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PROVENANCE
Until 1986: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1986: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
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