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Tin-glazed earthenware fragment of a pharmacy jar painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the exterior and painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple, and lead-glazed on the interior. Part of the side of a small slightly waisted albarello with an everted rim. The main field is decorated with blue half serrated leaves and blue and yellow mounts or half pine cone motifs with horizontal blue and manganese-purple bands above and below. The shoulder has a border of blue criss-crosses with a wide blue band above below the rim.
History note: Uncertain before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
13
Width: 9.5 cm
At the moment, this record does not display units or type of measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century, second half#
Circa
1550
-
1600
As yet unclear whether this jar came from the southern or northern Netherlands
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue,yellow and manganese-purple derived from metallic oxides)
Surface
composed of
tin-glaze
Exterior
Interior
buff Earthenware
Throwing (pottery technique) : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, and painted on the exterior in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple; the interior probably tin-glazed or slip0coated and lead-glazed
Accession number: C.2402-1928
Primary reference Number: 73454
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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