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Flask: C.2257-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Maiolica fish flask, painted in yellow and brown.

Earthenware, moulded, incised, and tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown. Fish-shaped with incised scales, fins and gills. One side is decorated naturalistically: the mouth, eye, gills, fins and tail in brown, the rest roughly filled in with dark yellow.

Notes

History note: Taormina, where purchased in April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.3 cm
Length: 18.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Caltagirone ⪼ Sicily ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1875 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in dark yellow and manganese-brown)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2257-1928
Primary reference Number: 73295
Old object number: 2020
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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