Description:
English delft albarello-shaped gallipot, storage jar, or drug jar with blue, yellow, orange and green decoration. This slender, cylindrical jar is an example of an early form and decoration, reminiscent of late 14th century Italian drug jars; by 1640, the polychrome decoration was replaced with blue (or blue and purple) and jars became broader. Made through the 17th and 18th centuries, gallipots, which are simple cylindrical jars often with geometric designs, were used extensively for medical preparations before labeled drug jars began to appear. Although associated with doctors and apothecaries until the late 18th century, they were ideal general-purpose storage containers for such items as groceries and pigments, and are frequently mentioned in 17- and 18th-century cooking and receipt books. Shards of this type have been found in London, and from Virginia to Maine. The jar has an everted rim, which could be covered with parchment secured with a string; and is decorated with four blue and two yellow bands above and below the alternating blue and yellow, stepped pyramids that are separated by two angled green lines. According to Jonathan Horne, 1/23/95, he believes that the gallipot is Dutch based on the strong, bright colors. The Museum of London has a similar example to this pot, see Kieron Tyler, et al. London's Delftware Industry (2008), p. 78, fig. 114. acc. no. ER166B 25.216
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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