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Maker:
Grue, Saverio
(Attributed to)
Maker:
Unknown
(Perhaps)
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.
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
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1755
CE
-
1770
CE
Naples, attributed to Saverio Grue, or Castelli
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
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.
Accession number: C.2243-1928
Primary reference Number: 73285
Old object number: 1091
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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