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Potter: Unknown (Perhaps)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange. The jar's exterior surface is extremely shiny. Albarello tapering towards the base with two twisted handles, each with a thumb print at its lower end.
On each side is a rectangular panel of orange and blue geometrical ornament flanked by vertical green, yellow and green lines edged in blue. Above and below are four horizontal blue bands. The lower part is decorated with a row of reversed orange Ss and dots over two yellow bands, with three blue bands and a yellow band below. On the shoulder there are orange Cs and dots imposed on two yellow bands with three blue bands and one yellow above. The handles are yellow.
History note: Kugelmann, Kissingen, from whom purchased in 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (Typed Cat. Cat. 1221)
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and orange)
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.2 cm
Body
Accession number: C.2194-1928
Primary reference Number: 78773
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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