Production: Unknown
Maiolica pharmacy jar, painted in polychrome with St Christopher and the Infant Christ.
Pharmacy jar. Earthenware, tin-glazed cream on the interior, exterior, and parts of the base. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.
Ovoid with flat base and a cylindrical neck with a raised band below the projecting rim.
On the front, within a circular frame, is a half-length figure of St Christopher holding a staff in his left hand and supporting the Infant Christ in his right arm. The rest of the main field is covered with wavy manganese stems bearing blue leaves and yellow fruits. On the shoulder there are green, manganese, and yellow horizontal bands; on the neck and below the Saint, a border of scrolling foliage reserved in a green ground, with a yellow horizontal band above. The lowest part is encircled by yellow, manganese, and green horizontal bands.
History note: Found in Cyprus.
Diameter: 20.5 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given by Trouton, R. M. M.
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
Rim
Diameter 11.0 cm
Base
Diameter 12.0 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed cream on the interior, exterior, and parts of the base. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple.
Accession number: C.14-XXXX
Primary reference Number: 81208
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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