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Wonderful early Mexican hand-painted pottery wedding jug, believed to date from approximately the 1920s–1940s and attributed to the Tlaquepaque pottery tradition of Jalisco, Mexico.
This small double-spouted vessel has a tall arched central handle and is completely hand decorated in matte opaque colors.
Each of the four sides has its own charming Mexican folk-art scene:
• One broad side depicts a traditional house beside a prickly pear cactus
• The opposite side depicts a seated woman beside a large agave-type plant
• Each narrow end is decorated with a different landscape and vegetation scene
The body has a soft matte green ground with blue decoration around the two openings and handle, along with muted terra-cotta, green, black, white and red details.
The underside bears an impressed MADE IN MEXICO mark.
This double-spouted form is commonly referred to as a Mexican wedding jug or wedding vase, a form associated with wedding symbolism and the joining of two people.
Measurements:
5.5” tall to top of handle
3.5” tall to top of body/arch
3 1/8” wide across front and back
2” deep
