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Maker: Unknown
Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in blue and purple, with `U Defensiuu' inscribed around the middle.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue and manganese-purple.
Cylindrical with a convex projection above and below the main field, a very short neck with slightly everted rim, and low, moulded foot, concave underneath.
The name of the contents `U Defensiuu' is inscribed round the middle in dark manganese-purple gothic letters. Above and below there are blue mock gadroons between pairs of horizontal bands. Two blue bands encircle the top of the foot.
History note: Sondrio, where purchased on 31 August 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Savona or Albisola
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue and manganese-purple)
Foot
Diameter 9.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.8 cm
Widest Part
Width 12.0 cm
Throwing
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue and manganese-purple.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: gothic letters
Accession number: C.2221-1928
Primary reference Number: 80799
Old object number: 2368
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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