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Pharmacy jar: C.2248-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Workshop: Pantaleo, Andrea (Probably)

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Description

Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in polychrome, with a half-length figure of a bearded man, a military trophy, and a panel inscribed `SPQP'.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, the exterior off-white, the interior greyish-beige. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, grey, and manganese-purple. Extremely waisted albarello with a slightly everted rim.
On the front is an oblong frame with pairs of inward curling scrolls at the top and bottom, enclosing a half-length figure of a bearded man wearing a tall hat. The back is decorated with a military trophy and a panel inscribed `SPQP' (Senatus Populusque Panormitanus) in a blue ground incised with a few curved strokes. Above and below are borders of serrated leaves reserved in an orange ground; on the shoulder and the sloping area above the base, yellow and orange interlacing ribbons in a blue ground. The edge of the base and rim are yellow.

Notes

History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.0 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Palermo ⪼ Sicily ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1610 CE - 1620 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, green, yellow, orange, grey, and manganese-purple)
Base Diameter 10.0 cm
Rim Diameter 10.5 cm
Widest Part Diameter 12.5 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, the exterior off-white, the interior greyish-beige. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, grey, and manganese-purple.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: on a panel

  • Text: SPQP
  • Location: On the back
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in a blue ground

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2248-1928
Primary reference Number: 80803
Old object number: 1099
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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