Antique Gien faience jug in cream with a blue-grey printed trumpet flower spray, a wide flat spout and a bamboo-shaped handle, on a linen backdrop

The Gien Hummingbird Jug

€115,00
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Antique Gien faience jug in cream with a blue-grey printed trumpet flower spray, a wide flat spout and a bamboo-shaped handle, on a linen backdrop
  • Antique Gien faience jug in cream with a blue-grey printed trumpet flower spray, a wide flat spout and a bamboo-shaped handle, on a linen backdrop
  • The reverse of the jug showing a printed blue hummingbird in flight and a slender bamboo spray on the crazed cream glaze
  • Side profile of the low wide jug showing the flared spout, the hand-painted bamboo border at the rim and the tall curved handle
  • Back view of the jug with the bamboo-moulded handle hand-painted with dark blue nodes and small leaves
  • Looking down into the jug showing the honey-toned interior glaze and the bamboo border painted around the inner rim
  • Underside of the jug showing the printed blue oval Gien mark reading Medailles d'Or, Faiencerie de Gien, on the finely crazed cream glaze
The Gien Hummingbird Jug

The Gien Hummingbird Jug

€115,00
SKU — TB89

A low, wide French faience jug from the Faïencerie de Gien, printed in slate blue-grey on cream. Trumpet flowers on one side, a hummingbird in flight on the other, a hand-painted bamboo border at the rim and a handle modelled as a length of bamboo.

The squat shape is the point: a broad belly and a wide lip hold a short, heavy bouquet far better than a tall slim pitcher.

Faïencerie de Gien, Loiret, marked underneath with the printed blue Médailles d’Or mark. Antique, c. 1880–1910 — French Japonisme. Fine faience, not porcelain.

Condition: good. There is a tiny hairline in the base — it reads as part of the crazing at first glance, but a fingernail catches it. I´ve tested the jug with water and it held with no seeping.

No chips and no restoration otherwise. Fine even crazing across the glaze.

Measurements: H 13.5 cm, diameter 20 cm, 25 cm spout to handle / H 5.3 in, diameter 7.9 in, 9.8 in spout to handle.

Shipping to the United States: the price you see includes all import duties and tariffs. Your piece travels DDP — Delivered Duty Paid — so there is nothing further to pay when it arrives, and no customs paperwork for you to deal with. Shipping is calculated separately at checkout. More on shipping & customs →

All items are antique or vintage and may show small signs of age and use — part of their authenticity and charm. Please review the photos closely, or contact me for more details. Each piece is carefully wrapped and sent with tracked shipping.

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