albarello
- Museum number
- 1878,1230.331
- Description
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Albarello; earthenware; very large and tall on a high foot; slightly waisted with a flanged rim; covered both sides with a whitish tin-glaze and painted with matt brown lustre and blue, run towards the rim; exterior, seven horizontal bands of various patterns including, meander pattern with lustre scrolls, repetitive leaves, repetitive blue mock Arabic script with scrolls and dots, vegetal pattern, four blue trees-of-life upside down and zigzags; the lower part of the body and foot are painted in plain lustre; interior plain; the rim was probably tin-glazed and lustred, but all is gone now.
- Production date
- 15thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 14.50 centimetres
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Height: 39.50 centimetres
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Weight: 3.20 kilograms
- Curator's comments
- See also 1878,1230.332
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Minor chips, green lustre in parts, where copper oxidation is incomplete.
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1878,1230.331
