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Maker: Massa, Donato (Probably)
Maiolica two-handled pharmacy jar, painted in blue with a coast scene on the front, and the date '1729' on the back.
Earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in blue.
Ovoid with flat base, cylindrical neck, and two handles, each formed of two contiguous rolls of clay, separating into coils at the lower end on either side of a projecting circular stud. The two rolls are held together at the top and above the coils by a horizontal strip of clay and a circular stud.
The front is decorated with a coast scene with mountains, buildings beside a cliff, a sailing boat, and five figures: three fishing and two standing further inland. Below, there are three horizontal bands, a zone of mock gadrooning, and five horizontal bands. At the junction of the neck and shoulder there is a scalloped line, and on the neck, mock gadrooning between sets of three horizontal bands. On each side of the handle there are three vertical lines flanking horizontal strokes. The handles are vertically striped; the cross bands are blue and the studs are decorated with concentric circles. The back is dated `1729', with a complex figure-of-eight flourish terminating the `9', and another above.
History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher. For information on provenance see MS Catalogue 1119 and Typed Catalogue 1119.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 51.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1720s
18th Century, first half
Production date:
dated
AD 1729
: dated
The jar was attributed to Castelli by Rackham in 1935, but has since been reattributed to the Massa workshop in Naples, probably to the hand of Donato Massa, following publications by Borelli (1972) and Donatone (1972, 1974, 1980C). A pair of comparable jars 46.2 cm high, with slightly different handles, dated 1724, were sold by Sotheby's on 6 March, 2001.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in blue from cobalt)
Base
Diameter 20.6 cm
Widest Part
Width 36.5 cm
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: with a complex figure-of-eight flourish terminating the `9', and another above
Accession number: C.2235-1928
Primary reference Number: 73276
Old object number: 1119
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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