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John G. Boehme: the repatriation

Part of a mail by John Boehme to the Dordrecht Museum:
My name is John G. Boehme I am a Visual Arts Instructor at Camosun College in Victoria BC canada a practicing Performance, Ceramics and Visual Artist.
I am interested in donating (repatriation) of two 1400-century Jacoba earthenware pitchers.
The ceramics are from the Huis te Merwede, a Mediaeval castle close to Dordrecht.These pitchers have an elongated shape with a long neck and splayed lobed foot, applied with a strap handle, 22.4cm high Images and provenance attached. Continue reading