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Production:
Unidentified Lower Arno area pottery
Production:
Unidentified Pontorme pottery
(Possibly)
Production:
Unidentified Pisan pottery
(Possibly)
Pale red earthenware, partly decorated with red slip marbled with cream, and lead-glazed; the lower part and the underside of the foot are unglazed. The flask stands on a circular foot which rises into a cylindrical stem, above which it bulges out and then contracts into a tall slender, sloping neck with a projecting roll top . On both sides of the bulbous part there are two loops for carrying cords or straps, each moulded with a lion's mask.
History note: Excavated in London. Purchased about 1894 from Fenton of Oxford Street, London, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century
Circa
1600
CE
-
1680
CE
Flasks of this form were intended to be carried on a cord or strap passed through the handles on the sides. Many examples have been found in England, and in the late nineteenth century when this one was bought by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, they were believed to be English. Excavated fragments of slipware indicate that they were made in the Lower Arno area of Tuscany which was convenient for export to northern Europe from Pisa. See Thornton and Wilson, 2009, and Wilson, 2017, for a discussion of evidence for attribution possibly to Pontorme, were comparable slipware fragments have been found, or other places in the area, such as Montelupo, Empoli or Pisa.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( red and cream)
Exterior
composed of
lead-glaze
Foot
Diameter 8.8 cm
Body
Handles
pale red Earthenware
Accession number: Gl.C.28-1928
Primary reference Number: 77046
Glaisher MS Catalogue: 811
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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