Storage jar

Dateca. 1650

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsH: 14 1/8"; Diam: 12 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1969-181

DescriptionLarge ovoid jar with spreading foot and everted unglazed rim. Thin white tin glaze decorated in blue with bands of gadrooning above base and below neck and a band of pomegranates, tulips, and other floral motifs around body.Label TextThis storage jar could have been intended for domestic use or used in a shop such as an apothecary's. Another example of this size, shape, and decoration bears the arms of the Company of Apothecaries and the date 1647.The London attribution is based on the coat of arms on that piece.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceTilley & Co., London