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Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and labelled O.SAMBUCIN (Elderflower Oil)
Buff earthenware, thrown with applied handle and spout, tin-glazed and painted in blue. Of cylindrical form with rounded shoulders and lower part, contracting inwards to the slightly spreading base, and having a short neck with an everted rim. A short cylindrical spout with a bulge in the middle projects from the shoulder, and on the opposite side there is a loop handle with a longitudinal depression on the exterior, and upward tilting terminal. The front is decorated with a label inscribed 'O. SAMBUCIN' (Elderflower Oil) surrounded by scrolled strapwork, with above, a basket of fruit flanked by birds and leafy branches, and below a winged cupid's head, tassels and floral swags.
History note: Mr Withers, 42 Silver Street, Leicester, from whom purchased about 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, first half#
Anne
George I
George II
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1750
CE
Probably made in London or Bristol. The jar contained Oleum Sambucinum or Oil of Elder made by infusing elder flowers in olive oil.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue from cobalt)
Visible Areas
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1353-1928
Primary reference Number: 71858
Old object number: 1034
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Spouted pharmacy jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71858 Accessed: 2024-11-05 05:26:17
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