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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Maiolica two-handled sauceboat, painted in blue with, on the inside, a pavilion and tower, and, on the exterior, loose scrolls.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, partly outlined in manganese.
Oval, with lightly fluted exterior, two lateral scroll handles, and a low foot with scalloped edge.
Inside are a pavilion and a tower surrounded by trees and plants, enclosed by two narrow oval bands between two wide. The exterior is decorated with loose scrolls alternating with tufts depending from a line round the rim. The handles are outlined in blue and have strokes on their outer edge.
History note: Mrs Born-Straub, Thun, from whom purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher on 28 July 1894
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 5.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1630
CE
-
1700
CE
Albisola or Savona
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, and manganese)
Length
Length 14.8 cm
Widest Part
Width 12.4 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, partly outlined in manganese.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2219-1928
Primary reference Number: 73244
Old object number: 182
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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