The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Pilgrim Bottle
c. 1540
Overall: 34.6 x 19.4 x 12.4 cm (13 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1923.914
Location: 118 Italian Renaissance
Did You Know?
This pear-shaped vessel recalls flasks that early travelers tied to the harnesses of their horses on long trips or pilgrimages to holy sites.Description
During the Italian Renaissance of the 1400s and 1500s, nobles and merchants eager to express their wealth and sophistication ordered ceramics for dining, display, and storage. Known as maiolica, because it resembled the brightly colored ceramics from the Mediterranean island of Majorca, these ceramic vessels were covered with a tin glaze that provided an opaque white surface on which colorful decoration could be painted.- (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 41, fig. 43Speight, Charlotte F., and John Toki. Hands in Clay. 4th ed. London: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999. Mentioned & reproduced: p. 104, fig. 6-5 library.clevelandart.org
- No existing exhibition history
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