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Maker: Unknown
Earthenware, tin-glazed pale cream overall. Painted in bright blue, pale green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple. The colours have run.
Globular body standing on a spreading foot; slender neck with a swelling below the rim and a curved spout springing from the shoulder.
The body is encircled by two sprays of stylised foliage, each with two flowers, which spring from either side of an upright stem on the back of the jar. The background is blue. Below, there are yellow and pale green horizontal bands, each between narrow manganese bands; on the foot and on the mouth, a yellow band between manganese bands. The spout has three yellow and manganese scalloped horizontal stripes.
History note: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (Typed Cat. 2090).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
18th Century
Circa
1675
CE
-
1900
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in bright blue, pale green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
Widest Part
Diameter 14.2 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.8 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed pale cream overall. Painted in bright blue, pale green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.
Accession number: C.2253-1928
Primary reference Number: 80811
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80811 Accessed: 2024-12-23 01:49:25
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