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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in polychrome with, on the front and back, an oval panel enclosing a Saint praying, and another enclosing head of a man wearing a hat.
Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in thick dark blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Albarello with curved shoulders, short neck and flat rim.
On the front and back are oval panels framed by garlands of leaves, berries and flowers. One encloses a Saint praying on his knees in profile to right, the other, the head of a man wearing a hat in profile to right, both surrounded by orange lines on a yellow ground. The sides are decorated with stylised foliage reserved in a blue ground incised with curved strokes. On the upper shoulder and above the base are single yellow bands flanked by blue.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 25.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century, Early#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1630
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( thick dark blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Base
Diameter 15.0 cm
Rim
Diameter 15.5 cm
Widest Part
Diameter 20.5 cm
base unglazed
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in thick dark blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.250-1991
Primary reference Number: 73609
Packing number: EURCER 378
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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