IDENTIFIERS
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id:	73328
accession number:	C.2308-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 9 September 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and spout, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The vase has a ovoid body standing on a short stem and a high domed foot. It has a short wide neck, a loop handle with a kick at the bottom, and a short straight spout linked to the neck by a small ring. Below the spout, painted in blue, are the royal arms of France (a crown over an oval shield charged with three fleur-de-lis), supported by angels, with below, a cartouche enclosing the name of the contents,  'Sirup/Emetic', painted in black. The rim is painted blue.
object type: tin-glazed earthenware pharmacy ewer painted in blue with the royal arms of France, and in a cartouche below, with the name of the contents,  'Sirup/Emetic', painted in black
object type: earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and spout, tin-glazed and painted in blue and manganese-purple
title:	pharmacy ewer

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Hierman, Brussels, from whom bought for 40 francs on 2 April 1902 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73328


SUBJECTS
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pharmacy
arms of France
angel
arms of France
angel



CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: French faïence

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1750
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1750
culture:	18th Century, first half

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified Nevers factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 44.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 38.7



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Curious Variations on Ceramic Themes, Big is Beautiful
CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Apothecary Jars
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