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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Well Head

14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Well head with relief decoration, an inscription in interlocking kufic script.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Earthenware well head, decoration of interlocking kufic script in relief, made in Toledo, Spain, possibly 14th century
Physical description
Well head with relief decoration, an inscription in interlocking kufic script.
Dimensions
  • Height: 77cm
  • Diameter: 62cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
(The inscription contains blessings appropriate for water which is about to be drunk.)
Gallery label
Well-head Made in Toledo, Spain Possibly 14th century Tin-glazed earthenware 1763-1871(16/07/2008)
Object history
Formerly Riaño Collection.

Purchase price note: Bought for £3 3s.
Production
Possibly 14th century
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
  • Mariam Rosser-Owen, Islamic Arts from Spain, London, 2010, p.82.
Other number
39 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
1763-1871

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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