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Pharmacy jar: C.2186-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue. Broad albarello with straight sides.
The front bears a label inscribed `dia iris' in gothic letters with striped semi-circular motifs and tendrils above and below. The back is decorated with branching stems and stylised flowers. Below is a row of oblique dashes between narrow horizontal bands with a wide band above and below; on the shoulder, a zig-zag between narrow bands with a wide band below and on the neck.

Notes

History note: Countess Howard de Walden; Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 18 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1500 CE - 1550 CE

Note

Faenza or Venice

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)
Base Diameter 11.2 cm
Widest Part Diameter 13.4 cm
Rim Diameter 9.8 cm

Materials used in production

base unglazed Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and more thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in bright blue.
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: dia iris
  • Location: Front
  • Method of creation: Inscribed

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2186-1928
Primary reference Number: 80695
Old object number: 1110.

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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