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Costrel
Costrel, buff coloured earthenware, rounded foot-rim, slightly flattened globular body, tall narrow neck with rounded lip-rim, to either side of the body are two sets of loop for suspension; covered all over apart from the base with a greyish-pink tinged white tin-glaze, crudely decorated with to the centre of the body a stylized flower in blue and ochre. The lip-rim slightly chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36056
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 18th century
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 20.8
diam
(cm): 13.5
Height
(in): 8
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
tin-glazed
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
in-glaze colours
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware, faience
Location
In store
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