Faience Pilgrim Flask

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Culture: France. | Material: Ceramic; Pottery; Earthenware (tin-glazed). | Accession No: MG 111. | Current Location: The Hunt Museum Limerick. | Dimensions (cm): H 24 x W (at base) 12. Description: A flask of a pilgrim, white-glazed, with four carrying handles and narrow neck. It is decorated in green, blue and yellow with a picture of an archbishop or saint with a crozier and a halo behind his head. He is in the act of blessing. He stands in a landscape with two volcanic hills behind him. The scene is surrounded by a scrolled frame. The remainder of the flask is decorated with flowers, leaves and linear decoration. Date Made: 17th century AD

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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