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Production: Unidentified Nevers factory
Earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and spout, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple
Earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and spout, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The vase has a pear-shaped body standing on a high domed foot. It has a wide neck, a loop handle and a short straight spout linked to the neck by a small ring. Below the spout, painted in blue, is the royal arms of France (a crown over an oval shield charged with three fleur-de-lis), supported by angels, with below them, a cartouche enclosing the name of the contents 'Sirup Emetic' painted in dark manganese-purple.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 45.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, first half#
Circa
1700
-
1750
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Accession number: C.2308-1928
Primary reference Number: 73328
Old object number: 2385
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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