"York Minster Jug" or "Minster Jug" pattern pitcher decorated with Gothic Revival designs in high relief, including two vignettes of the Madonna with Christ child and John the Baptist seated in arched niches above a grapevine border on opposite sides of the hexagonal body; architectural ornament fills the remaining panels, area below the curved rim with squared pouring lip, and 10-sided or decagonal base above the flared, circular foot. Open tracery handle. Pouted, conforming, hinged lid depicts Cupid preparing to pierce a woman in her side with an arrow. Gilt-washed interior. Double-walled construction. No marks evident.
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