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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Maiolica fish flask, painted in yellow and brown with naturalistic decoration.
Earthenware, moulded, incised, and tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown. Fish-shaped with incised scales, fins and gills.One side is decorated naturalistically: the mouth, eye, gills, fins and tail in brown, the rest roughly filled in with yellow.
History note: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.5 cm
Length: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
Fish-shaped flasks were popular in Sicily and southern Italy.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark yellow and manganese-brown)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown.
Accession number: C.2256-1928
Primary reference Number: 80814
Old object number: 2086
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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