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

Pilgrim Bottle

17th century to 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pilgrim flask or bottle of earthenware covered with a white slip and splashed with green. Ovoid body, slightly flattened on either side, with four loops for the passage of a cord for suspension, neck tapering upwards to the projecting rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Slipware
Brief description
Pilgrim bottle mottled with green on a white slip, made in Italy, 17th or 18th Century, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Pilgrim flask or bottle of earthenware covered with a white slip and splashed with green. Ovoid body, slightly flattened on either side, with four loops for the passage of a cord for suspension, neck tapering upwards to the projecting rim.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 13 1/4in
  • Taken from register width: 9 1/2in
Gallery label
Pilgrim bottle Made in Italy 17th or 18th Century 349-1908 Given by J.H. Fitzhenry(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Given by J.H. Fitzhenry (London).
Collection
Accession number
349-1908

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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