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Flask: C.2256-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Maiolica fish flask, painted in yellow and brown with naturalistic decoration.

Earthenware, moulded, incised, and tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown. Fish-shaped with incised scales, fins and gills.One side is decorated naturalistically: the mouth, eye, gills, fins and tail in brown, the rest roughly filled in with yellow.

Notes

History note: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.5 cm
Length: 21.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1900 CE

Note

Fish-shaped flasks were popular in Sicily and southern Italy.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark yellow and manganese-brown)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-yellow. Painted in dark yellow and manganese-brown.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2256-1928
Primary reference Number: 80814
Old object number: 2086

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 19 September 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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