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Pharmacy jar
Waisted pharmacy jar or albarello, standing on a small foot, interior with a yellow glaze, the exterior with a pale blue glaze (berettino) tin-glaze, the waist encircled with an inscription and strapwork terminal, body painted with a ground of foliage in blue above and below, reserved above the foot with an oval medallion containing a yellow and a green entwined snake; glaze shrunk back and foot and fritting at neck.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30142
Acquisition
Purchase, 25/11/1954
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22.2
Depth
(cm): 12
Height
(in): 8
Depth
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica
Location
Gallery 07A South
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