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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Spouted bottle. Earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue.
Globular body standing on a spreading foot; slender neck with a swelling below the rim and sloping spout springing from the shoulder.
The body and neck are decorated with branching stems of stylised foliage and flowers. Below the rim is a wide horizontal band between two narrow bands, repeated below the design, and round the edge of the foot, a narrow and a wide band. The underside of the spout is horizontally striped.
History note: Taormina, where purchased on 25 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS Cat. 2145).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in blue)
Body
Diameter 14.0 cm
Foot
Diameter 9.0 cm
Widest Part
Width 16.2 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue.
Accession number: C.2254-1928
Primary reference Number: 73293
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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