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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue. Broad albarello with straight sides.
The front bears a label inscribed `dia iris' in gothic letters with striped semi-circular motifs and tendrils above and below. The back is decorated with branching stems and stylised flowers. Below is a row of oblique dashes between narrow horizontal bands with a wide band above and below; on the shoulder, a zig-zag between narrow bands with a wide band below and on the neck.
History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Faenza or Venice
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue)
Base
Diameter 11.2 cm
Widest Part
Diameter 13.4 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.8 cm
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2186-1928
Primary reference Number: 80695
Old object number: 1110.
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pharmacy jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80695 Accessed: 2024-12-19 11:52:29
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