Production: Unknown
Cruet with closed top. Clear pale greenish glass decorated with vertical lattimo threads. Ovoid with slender cylindrical neck, domed cover, ear-shaped handle and tubular spout with applied thread round its mouth, and low foot with pincered pattern. The body has a conical kick.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century
Circa
1600
-
1700
Cruets of this form were for domestic and pharmaceutical use. The applied thread round the end of the spout permitted the tying on of a parchment or other cover.
There are several examples in the Museo at Arezzo.
Foot
Diameter 6 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.375 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 27991
Packing number: GLA 361
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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