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Albarelo
Albarelo
Albarelo

Albarelo

Artist Artist unrecorded
DateMid-18th century
Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and cobalt, antimony, and iron in-glaze decoration
DimensionsHeight: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Houghton Sawyer Collection, A.1969.45.3
Object numberA.1969.45.3
DescriptionArabic shape painted with traditional Spanish scrolls and an oval shield w/ pomegranta topped by a cross representing the emblems of a religious order (Juaninos or Carmelites). The green and yellow coloring of emblem is overglaze painting and the secondary firing of this explain the pinkish hue.
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Collections
Jar
Mid-18th century
Basin
c. 1740s - 1750s
Saltcellar
Artist unrecorded
Late 16th--Early 17th Century
Plate
19th century
Tazza
First half of 18th c.
Albarelo
Mid to late 18th century
Jar
Late 18th century
Jar
Mid-18th century
Jar
Late 17th century
Barril
Late 18th century