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Maker: Unknown (District of)
Maiolica two-handled pharmacy or storage jar, painted in relief dark-blue and manganese with 'oak leaves'.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior except an area at one side of the lower part of the jar; interior tin-glazed pinkish-white; base unglazed. Painted in relief dark-blue with manganese outlines.
Ovoid with flat base, short cylindrical neck, and two elbowed strap handles.
Springing from below the handles and from the middle of each side, there are four sprays of oak leaves with dots and short lines in the background. Pairs of horizontal manganese bands encircle the lower part of the body and neck.
History note: Private collection, London; Alfred Spero, from whom purchased on 7 May 1925 by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 16.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
15th Century#
Renaissance
Circa
1420
CE
-
1450
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and manganese)
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Mouth
Diameter 9.7 cm
Across Handles
Width 16.2 cm
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior except an area at one side of the lower part of the jar; interior tin-glazed pinkish-white; base unglazed. Painted in relief dark-blue with manganese outlines.
Accession number: C.70-1927
Primary reference Number: 48152
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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