Communion jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Latin inscription on this highly restrained and elegantly proportioned jug reads in translation: "The noble lord Andreas Zakany, deputy-lieutenant of the renowned Borsod County, and his wife, the noble lady Helena Poki, had this made for the Evangelical church of Szendrő on 19 April 1639, in honor of the Most Holy Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Unadorned jugs or flagons capable of holding at least one liter of wine were used for refilling chalices shared among by a Protestant congregation during Communion.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art