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Pharmacy jar: C.2251-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in polychrome with a flower and branching leaves on each side.

Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on the interior and exterior; base streaked with glaze. Painted in bright blue, bluish-green, and yellow, and manganese-purple. Albarello with straight sides, and shallow recess in the base.
On each side is a yellow and blue flower with branching leaves above and below which curve to right and left. The ground is blue. Round the shoulder and base are narrow horizontal manganese, and wider green and yellow, bands.

Notes

History note: Taormina, where purchased on 19 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (Typed Cat. 2044).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Caltagirone ⪼ Sicily ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late
18th Century
Circa 1675 CE - 1900 CE

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in bright blue, bluish-green, and yellow, and manganese-purple)
Widest Part Diameter 12.7 cm
Base Diameter 9.3 cm
Rim Diameter 9.7 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Earthenware, tin-glazed off-white on the interior and exterior; base streaked with glaze. Painted in bright blue, bluish-green, and yellow, and manganese-purple.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2251-1928
Primary reference Number: 80808
Old object number: 2044
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Audit data

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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