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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Honey Jar

1650-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Honey jar (melero) of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Brief description
Honey jar (melero), made in Manises, Spain, about 1650-1725, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Physical description
Honey jar (melero) of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.3cm
  • Diameter: 8.7cm
Gallery label
Honey jar (melero) Made in Manises, Valencia, Spain about 1675-1750 Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration 1457-1853 Formerly Bandinel Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Formerly Bandinel Collection.
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
444 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
1457-1853

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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