Ell: d Ribes
Ell: d Ribes
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- Description
- This tureen has a flared mouth and a domed-shaped foot. The vessel and its mate, 1991.0664.0582 have a deep blue glaze over a white glazed background with handles depicted as serpents. A label within the escroll is marked, Ell: d Ribes. The bottom of the foot is glazed and bares the makers mark of a lighthouse. According to pharmaceutical historian George Urdang the lighthouse is the mark of a well know Genoese pottery.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Tureen
- Date made
- 18th Century
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 25.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 10 1/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0584
- catalog number
- M-05796
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 508
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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