Cruet
ca. 1585 (made)
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Of ovoid shape with handle and spout everted rim and foot; tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, black, orange, yellow and green. Handle in form of a snake. On the front, the device of a flaming pyre with a scroll inscribed ARDET AETERNUM all the surface covered by grotesques on a white background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Oil cruet, handle in form of two snakes, double spout surrounded by leaf ornament, Patenazzi workshop, Urbino, about 1585, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Of ovoid shape with handle and spout everted rim and foot; tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, black, orange, yellow and green. Handle in form of a snake. On the front, the device of a flaming pyre with a scroll inscribed ARDET AETERNUM all the surface covered by grotesques on a white background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'OLIO' (Italian. Painted below the handle)
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| Object history | Purchase: Soulages Collection; then transferred to the Bethnal Green Museum |
| Production | See Rackham's catalogue for record 882. Thought to be companion piece of this (505-1865). |
| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 46 |
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| Accession number | 504-1865 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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