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Tin-glazed earthenware painted on the side in blue, green, yellow and orange with sprays of stylized foliage, fruit and flowers and on the shoulder with a blue criss-cross border between horizontal bands
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed on the exterior and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and very pale manganese-purple, and unevenly lead-glazed on the interior. Fragment of the side of a cylindrical albarello. with slightly everted rim. The exterior is decorated with sprays of stylized foliage, fruit and flowers with a blue and a manganese-purple horizontal band above them. The shoulder is encircled by a band of blue criss-crosses with a narrow and a wider blue horizontal band below and a narrow blue band above. Below the rim there is a broad blue band.
History note: Found at Cambridge; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue, green, yellow, orange, and pale manganese-purple derived from metallic oxides)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
( unevenly applied)
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Shoulder
Width 15.8 cm
buff Earthenware
Inscription present: printed in black around a circle; the number hand-written in black
Accession number: C.2403-1928
Primary reference Number: 73455
Old object number: R 3208
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fragment of pharmacy jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73455 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:34:32
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