Jar

Museum number:
3-29585a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3266a,B; AB 177 7-7405 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Puebla (fide Barbara E. Busch Sept. 1991)
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Iron (metal), and Tin glaze
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Storage jar for delicacies such as chocolate, vanilla, ginger and other spices. Mexican Colonial period, 17-18th centuries, so-called "Mexican Rococo.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters
Comment:
H-12-8
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 3-29585a,b, described as Jar with locking iron lid and key, majolica; (a) jar: high shoulder, earthenware with tin glaze, cobalt in-glaze paint; divided into three vertical panels with Chinese-like designs of flying birds, sun and waves; iron collar and lid locking mechanism; H 19 cm; (b) key, iron, open lobed handle; L 5.7 cm.

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