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Maker: Unknown
Maiolica ewer with a helmet-shaped body and scrolled handle, painted in blue with foliage around the foot and rim.
Earthenware, tin-glazed thinly on the exterior and interior. Painted in dark blue.
Moulded helmet-shaped body with a pointed lip, standing on a domed and moulded circular foot. The lower part of the body is decorated with four 'cabochons' and the upper two-thirds with arched panels separated by acanthus foliage. The handle is elaborately scrolled.
The rim is encircled by a horizontal line, below which is a narrow border of foliage with pendant stems. On the foot is a similar border within a narrow line.
History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * for 30/-
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1690
CE
-
1720
CE
On accession Glaisher believed this jug to be from Savona.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in dark blue)
Foot
Diameter 9.0 cm
Widest Part
Width 22.5 cm
Body
Accession number: C.2216-1928
Primary reference Number: 73240
Old object number: 1111
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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