Ewer
1560-80 (made)
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Ewer, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. An ovoid body with the mouth pinched in to form the lip, large strap handle with a raised band with depressions. Tin-glazed overall but with an unglazed base. The colours are green, blue, orange and purple. On the front is an oval shield, bendy purple and orange, between two cornucopias, the sides are painted with flowers and scrolls in blue. The letter 'B' is painted under the handle.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | buff-coloured tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Ewer, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, Montelupo, Italy, 1560-80 |
| Physical description | Ewer, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. An ovoid body with the mouth pinched in to form the lip, large strap handle with a raised band with depressions. Tin-glazed overall but with an unglazed base. The colours are green, blue, orange and purple. On the front is an oval shield, bendy purple and orange, between two cornucopias, the sides are painted with flowers and scrolls in blue. The letter 'B' is painted under the handle. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Reversed 'P' (In purple under the handle) |
| Object history | Provenance: Bought for 15s from Messers H. Mawer and Stephenson transferred to Bethnal Green Museum |
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| 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. 7 (this article has the wrong photograph) |
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| Accession number | 1105-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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