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Workshop: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli
Maiolica pharmacy jar painted in blue, red, and gold lustre with leaves and buds.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige on the exterior; interior lead-glazed pale yellowish-brown; base unglazed. Painted in blue, and with red and gold lustre.
Squat tapering albarello form, slightly waisted on one side and bulging on the other.
Round the waist is a horizontal red lustre band, above which is a repeating pattern comprising a red bud between two gold leaves, alternating with a red spot over three gold mounts. Below the line, the pattern is inverted. Above the base is a gold zig-zag between two horizontal red bands; on the shoulder, a gold zig-zag between two pairs of blue bands and, on the neck, a red lustre band shading to gold at the rim.
History note: S.R. Christie-Miller; Sotheby's, 28 July 1919, Catalogue of a small but choice collection of Italian majolica, the property of S.R. Christie-Miller, Esq., Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks, lot C; F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Diameter: 11.3 cm
Height: 12.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1530
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue)
reduced pigment lustre
( red and gold)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Rim
Diameter 10.6 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Throwing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige on the exterior; interior lead-glazed pale yellowish-brown; base unglazed. Painted in blue, and with red and gold lustre.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge and blue printed border
Inscription present: circular
Accession number: C.77-1927
Primary reference Number: 76030
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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