DepartmentLatin America

Jar with Cover

NameCeramic

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateFirst half of the 18th century

Place madePuebla, Mexico, North America

MediumCeramic, glaze

Dimensions8 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (22.5 × 12.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Heard Foundation, A.1951.2.135ab

Object numberA.1951.2.135ab

Collections

Mayolica

DescriptionLidded, high shouldered, vase shaped jar with short, flaring neck. Lid has rounded handle, flat top which then slopes down to the edge of the lid. Blue and white glaze with large simplified fleur de lis or quatrefoil-like shape on two sides, band around lower body, all else filled with small floral ornamentation.