Ointment pot

Date1560-1600

OriginEngland, Aldgate or Norwich or Europe, Belgium, Antwerp

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsH: 2 3/4"

Credit LinePurchase funded by the Polly and Stanley Stone Foundation.

Object number1977-368

DescriptionWaisted albarello-shaped pot with flared rim and foot. White tin glaze decorated in blue and manganese with bands around upper and lower areas and a central band of stepped pyramid like forms and angled lines.Label TextPots of this shape, size, and decoration were produced in Flanders during the second half of the sixteenth century and were probably also being made at the newly formed delft centers in England.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceClare Lees, No. 5
Dr. C. H. Spiers