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Bottle (Costrel)
1590-1630
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Lombardy or Possibly Pisa; North Italy; Italy; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2012.0005
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
2012.0005
Object Name
Bottle (Costrel)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Lombardy or Possibly Pisa; North Italy; Italy; Europe
Date
1590-1630
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A rectangular paper tag on the underside has the handwritten inscription "NORTH ITALIAN/CIRCA 1600/ 05/101 140".
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A small rectangular paper tag has the handwritten inscription "$875\140"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A circular paper tag with a double-line border surrounding the name "Garry/ Atkins" affixed to the underside.
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Slip decorated
Dimensions (inches)
12.52 (H) x 6.693 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.8 (H) x 17 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Journal: American Ceramic Circle Newsletter. American Ceramic Circle
• Published: p. 32 (see Registrar's file.)Book: Hurst, John G., et al. 1986 Pottery Produced and Traded in North-West Europe 1350-1650 (Rotterdam Papers VI).
• Similar "Wide Bichrome Lion Head Costrel" found in Rotterdam, Netherlands: p. 37, fig. 15.32, North Italy,1600-1650, suggesting Lombardy rather than Pisa as origin. ("There are no costrels from Pisa...")Article: Straube, Beverly. 2001 European Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example. Ceramics in America. 47-71.
• Base fragment of similar vessel excavated at Jamestown, VA: pp. 58-59, fig. 16, slipware from northern Italy, near pisa. See fig. 18 for an intact example in a private collection.Article: Straube, Beverly. 2001 European Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example. Ceramics in America. 47-71.
• Norther European painting portraying somewhat similar vessel: p. 58, fig. 17, "Still Life with Glasses and Bottle" by Sebastian Stosskopf, 1641-44, showing similar form bottle with chord and cork.Book: Wilcoxen, Charlotte. 1987 Dutch Trade and Ceramics in America in the Seventeenth Century.
• North Italian marbled slip bowl fragments from Fort Orange site: p. 77, fig. 25