Name of Object:Pontifical Ceremonial Jug and Basin Also known as:Jug and Lavabo Location:Governor’s Palace, Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic Holding Museum:Moravian Gallery, Brno About Moravian Gallery, Brno , Governor’s Palace, Brno Date of Object:1732 Artist(s) / Craftsperson(s):Josef František Rossmayer Material(s) / Technique(s):Silver (wrought, damascened and gilded) Dimensions:jug h: 22.4 cm, oval flap 9.9 cm x 8.1 cm; bowl 51 cm x 39 cm Provenance:Premonstratensian Abbey, Nová Říše Description:This oval basin, incised on its perimeter, is decorated with a strip of wrought ornamentation with festoons, grids, roses and a pair of putti heads. Its perimeter features a half-figure of St. John of Nepomuk, the patron saint of the person who commissioned the work. Opposite is a wrought oval label with a winged column representing the emblem of the Nová Říše Abbey, and engraved initials of the person who commissioned the piece, N.A /W./P.N./C.G. (Nobilis Abbas [Johannes Nepomucenus] Wyminko, Praepositus Neureuschensis /C.G.). Provost Jan Nepomuk Wyminko/Vejminko (c. 1683–1755) graduated from Hradisko, near Olomouc. He was provost of the Premonstratensian Abbey in Nová Říše from 1725 to 1732; in 1733 he was appointed the monastery's first abbot. View Short DescriptionThe jug and basin are part of a luxurious set that included ceremonial cruets and a chalice. The pieces, from an Olomouc workshop, are derived from Augsburg models both in shape and decoration (compare, for example, those created by masters of the Biller and Drentwett families). Original Owner:Premonstratensian Abbey, Nová Říše How date and origin were established:The objects feature four hallmarks, on the jug flap 1: an eagle in a circular label – Olomouc; 2: a partially blurred monogram FR in a cartouche – master's mark of Fr. Rossmayer; 3: partially blurred year in a label: 1732(?); on the bowl edge: 1–-3.; 4: re-hallmarked: 12.F in a rectangular label; re-hallmarked Brno from 1806–1809; engraved initials N.A /W./P.N./C.G. How Object was obtained:The set remains at and originated from the Premonstratensian Abbey, Nová Říše. Selected bibliography:Miloš Stehlík, in Ivo Krsek – Zdeněk Kudělka (ed) – Miloš Stehlík – Josef Válka, Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Prague, 1996, p. 600, cat. 301. Citation of this web page:Zora Wörgötter "Pontifical Ceremonial Jug and Basin" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;BAR;cz;Mus11;17;en Prepared by: Zora Wörgötter
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