Pharmacy jar (syrup jug)

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 57.137.1
Artist/Maker:
Place of production: Venice
Materials: majolica
Techniques: polychrome painting
Dimensions:
height: 21,5 cm
width: 9,5 cm
base diameter: 10,3 cm
The bowl is rather narrow above the base it then becomes spherical and ends in a broad cylindrical neck and a splayed rim. The flat handle fits to the neck and the body the straight pouring lip, which is a later addition, is fitted on to the top. Both the upper and the base have a yellow and a blue border. The bowl is decorated with foliage, flowers, and fruits on a blue background. There is a round field, enclosed by a yellow circle, under the lip, which shows the profile of a bearded man. A similar circle under the handle depicts the figure of a male saint with tonsure, wearing a white shirt and chasuble. Painted in blue, green, ochre, yellow and white.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 77.
  • Brestyánszky Ilona: Italienische Majolikakunst. Italienische Majolika in ungarischen Sammlungen. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1967. - Nr. 47.