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Ring flask: C.2245-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Maiolica ring flask, painted in green, yellow, orange, and dark brown.

Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base and a short distance above it. Painted in green, yellow, orange, and dark brown. the flask is in the shape of a ring of six bosses with dimples on each side, standing on a rectangular foot, the short slender neck flanked by two sloping handles, each formed by two strips of clay with a serrated strip between them.
The bosses are decorated to resemble flowers. Round the central space are narrow yellow and orange bands between brown, with slanting brown strokes over them. The outer edges of the flask have vertical stripes of three colours flanked by green. The outer strips of the handles are green, and the serrated inner strips are horizontally striped in yellow and orange. Round the neck is a dark red cord terminating in a tassel made up of several smaller tassels.

Notes

History note: Leone Dalle Torre, 355 Piazzetta dei Leoni, Venice, from whom purchased in October 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS Cat. 1094, also Typed Cat. 1094).

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20.9 cm
Height: 28.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1900 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( green, yellow, orange, and dark brown)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base and a short distance above it. Painted in green, yellow, orange, and dark brown.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2245-1928
Primary reference Number: 80765

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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