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Pharmacy jar: C.2221-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

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.

Notes

History note: Sondrio, where purchased on 31 August 1901 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 18.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Savona or Albisola

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue and manganese-purple.
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: gothic letters

  • Text: U Defensiuu
  • Location: Round middle
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in dark manganese-purple
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2221-1928
Primary reference Number: 80799
Old object number: 2368

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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