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Maker: Unknown
Pale yellowish-white on the exterior and more thinly on the interior where it is discoloured and bubbly near the rim. On the exterior the glaze does not extend to the base for about three-quarters of the circumference; base unglazed. A piece from another vessel has adhered to the side during firing. Painted in dark blue with touches of bright yellow.
Bulbous body, with short sloping spout rising from the shoulder, cylindrical neck with projecting rim, and strap handle.
Beneath the handle there is a label inscribed in gothic script `S. d. absino' (syropo di absintio). With the exception of a roughly circular area round the spout, the body is decorated with horizontal bands of stylised foliage and circular flowers, separated by horizontal lines. The flowers on the shoulder have yellow centres. On the handle is a vertical spray composed of a flower flanked by foliage. Round the spout there are three radiating lines of S-hooks and two inverted Ys.
History note: Alessandro Imbert; Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, from which purchased in 1919 by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 28.0 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
16th century
Renaissance
Circa
1550
-
1600
Probably central Italy
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue with touches of bright yellow)
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 12.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 13.3 cm
Body
Inscription present: circular
Inscription present: three museum labels
Accession number: C.78-1927
Primary reference Number: 48293
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Pharmacy ewer" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48293 Accessed: 2023-03-26 23:05:42
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Accession Number: C.40.F4-1928
Accession Number: OC.33 & A-1946
Accession Number: E.210.1954
Accession Number: C.2401-1928
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