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Tuesday 11th October
97 THE CHARLEMONT JUG, AN 18TH CENTURY WATERFORD CUT GLASS JUG,of baluster form, with crimpled handle, moulded fluted base, later engraved by Franz Tieze, with the Caulfield crest below a coronet and the
letter ‘C’, one side cut with crossed flags inscribed ‘Liberty / Freedom, 1782’, the other side inscribed with ‘Prosperity to the Dublin Regiment’
within what ears. 17.5cm tall, 15.5cm wide over handle and spout
Provenance: Knight Frank & Rutley sale at 20 Hanover Square, London 2/8/1952, Lot 45
€ 1,000 - 1,500
The ‘Charlemont Jug’ was the first piece of Franz Tieze’s late 19th Century / early 20th Century historicist glass to be recognised. Unlike
the designs for most of his ‘Volunteer’ glasses which were copied directly from medals, Tieze appears to have composed the design for
the Charlemont Jug personally, on a jotter-page preserved in his personal notebook. As the only fully documented ‘original’ Volunteer
design by Tieze, this is perhaps the single most important piece of Irish historicist glass recognised to date.
The jug in itself is also a rarity. It is a fine quality, thickly-blown moulded Irish jug of c.1800, possibly attributable to Penrose Waterford.
Very few moulded Irish jugs of such particular quality are known - it is easy to appreciate why Tieze singled out this piece for such special
enhancement.