Skip to main content

Pharmacy jar: C.6-1952

An image of Pharmacy jar
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Pharmacy jar
An image of Pharmacy jar
An image of Pharmacy jar
Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)

Entities

Categories

Description

Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in blue, yellow, and orange with lozenge-shaped knots, flowers, dots, bands and spirals.

Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and inside of the neck; interior and base unglazed. Painted in dark blue, yellow, and brownish-orange. Albarello with slightly waisted sides. On the sides are two zones of lozenge-shaped knots alternating with four-petalled flowers, surrounded by dots and spirals. The lozenges have yellow and orange spots on their sides and the flowers have yellow centres. Above and below are horizontal bands, and on the neck, dabs with a horizontal band above.

Notes

History note: Unknown before E.S. Peck

Legal notes

Given by E.S. Peck

Measurements and weight

Height: 29.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1952-07-31) by Peck, Ernest Saville

Dating

16th Century
17th Century
Circa 1600 CE - 1675 CE Circa 1550 CE - 1600 CE

Note

Formerly attributed to Lyon. Perhaps Trapani (1600-1675), or a mainland centre, perhaps Naples (1550-1600).

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue, yellow, and brownish-orange)
Exterior/inside Neck composed of tin-glaze
Rim Diameter 10.6 cm
Widest Part Diameter 11.5 cm
Base Diameter 9.9 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1952
Primary reference Number: 75666

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Pharmacy jar" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75666 Accessed: 2025-12-05 05:23:37

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75666 |title=Pharmacy jar |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 05:23:37|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-75666

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_6_1952_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Pharmacy jar"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Pharmacy jar</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo