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Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)
Maiolica storage jar with handle, painted in polychrome with a half-length figure of a man and the date '1725'.
Earthenware, thickly tin-glazed off-white on the exterior, including the base, and inside the mouth. Painted in pale blue, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese-purple.
Bulbous ovoid body with flat base, short very slender neck, small cup-shaped mouth, and broad loop handle.
On the front is a half-length figure of a man with a moustache and long wavy hair. He wears a tall cap trimmed with fur, a cravat, and a cloak over a coat. Above his head, within a rectangular label outlined in blue, is the date `1725' in manganese with a manganese line beneath.
History note: Probably purchased in Dresden in 1896, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * dated 2 March 1911, `This bottle was bought in 1896 (I believe) in Dresden. the man at the shop where I bought it said it was Polish. The portrait probably represents some patriot or statesman.'(MS 1662).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 32.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1725
: dated
Perhaps Castelli or elsewhere in the Abruzzi
Base
Diameter 17.0 cm
Widest Part
Width 24.2 cm
Decoration
Exterior
pale blue, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese-purple
High-temperature colours
Earthenware
Accession number: C.2234-1928
Primary reference Number: 73275
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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