pitcher; bottom described as "Roman ewer from original in Hospitium found at York". general shape is egg shaped with a flattened bottom. the top is tied off with a modeled rope, with no evident ties. the mouth flutes out to create the mouth. the center is folded inwards on opposite sides towards each other creating a key hole shaped mouth. the handle is attached to the fluted area below the mouth tracing it up and above the mouth arching tightly over connecting to the top third of the body. the crest is a bevel shaped shield divided in a chief style and per Pale style. the top chief style section is divided into thirds vertically, the middle section being the widest whose side borders curve inward; the background is white with three black wrens stacked. the outer thirds are black with a white lion centered on all fours with its right paw lifted. in the lower per Pale portion of the shield the right half has been divided in half again vertically. the right half white, the left half light blue in each half centered top is a white lion on its hind legs. in the center of this half of the shield, overlapping both smaller halves is a larger lion on its hind legs. on the left side of the shield is a red stag with yellow ribbon with the town name "Killarney". made by Arcadian China, 1903-1910.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ewers (vessels), Miniature (size attribute), and Pitchers (vessels)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
souvenir
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
height 5.8 centimeters and diameter 4.5 centimeters