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Pharmacy pot: C.2243-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Grue, Saverio (Attributed to)
Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)

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Description

Maiolica pharmacy pot, painted in blue, green, yellow, and orange, with a group of flowers and the name of the drug `EXTRACT: CERASOR: NIGR:'.

Pharmacy pot. Earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior. The interior has a grey speckled area. Painted in greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, and orange.
Depressed globular body with short neck and wide mouth, standing on a low foot.
On one side, below a group of flowers, the name of the drug `EXTRACT: CERASOR: NIGR:' is inscribed in greyish-blue between pairs of horizontal lines which partly encircle the jar.

Notes

History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher. For the provenance see Glaisher MS Catalogue, no.1091

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1755 CE - 1770 CE

Note

Naples, attributed to Saverio Grue, or Castelli

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, and orange)
Widest Part Diameter 11.8 cm
Foot Diameter 6.3 cm
Rim Diameter 9.1 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior. The interior has a grey speckled area. Painted in greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, and orange.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: EXTRACT: CERASOR: NIGR:
  • Location: On one side, below a group of flowers
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in greyish-blue

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2243-1928
Primary reference Number: 73285
Old object number: 1091

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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