Oil Jar
1400-1500 (made)
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Jug of tin-glazed earthenware painted in green and manganese-purple. Bell-shaped with a flat base, small neck and mouth, and small loop handle on the shoulder. Painted on a dull white ground, with the arms of Perello (three green pears on a white ground), on the front, in a shield outlined in green and surrounded by purplish black foliage.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in green and manganese-purple |
| Brief description | Jug of tin-glazed earthenware painted in green and manganese-purple, Teruel, 1400-1500. |
| Physical description | Jug of tin-glazed earthenware painted in green and manganese-purple. Bell-shaped with a flat base, small neck and mouth, and small loop handle on the shoulder. Painted on a dull white ground, with the arms of Perello (three green pears on a white ground), on the front, in a shield outlined in green and surrounded by purplish black foliage. |
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| Object history | Bought from the Homar Collection Historical significance: This shape represents the typical Teruel oil-jar, whose shape remained unchanged through the centuries. |
| Historical context | The arms: three pears on a fielfd gules, are probably of the Perellos family. It is known that Ramon de Perellos, who was Lord of the castles of Roda and Epila (Aragon) from 1416 onwards, had both tiles and vessels made for these castles. |
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| 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
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| Accession number | C.19-1931 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2006 |
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