albarello

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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,0523.6
Description: Albarello, slightly waisted: cylindrical neck with flanged rim; two handles. Heavy red earthenware, covered in a greyish, presumed tin glaze on the outside; unglazed inside. Painted in manganese and green, on each side is a bird in a contour panel surrounded by oak leaf motifs. Round neck a running branch with leaves.
Production date: 1400-1450 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Tuscany (?; possibly)
Materials
Ware
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 20.50 centimetres; Width: 19.50 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: Bibliography: Bode 1911 p.19.
Bibliographic references: Thornton & Wilson 2009 / Italian Renaissance Ceramics: a catalogue of the British Museum collection (cat. 18); Wallis 1903 / Oak Leaf Jars: A fifteenth century Italian ware showing Moresco influence (pl 48); Cora 1973 / Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado: Secoli XIV e XV (pl 33)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird; leaf; plant
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1898,0523.6
Conservation

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